{"product_id":"after-the-fireworks-three-novellas-isbn-9780062423924","title":"After the Fireworks: Three Novellas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAfter the Fireworks\u003c\/em\u003e is a major work and a turning point for Huxley, leading directly to \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e.” —Gary Giddins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAfter the Fireworks\u003c\/em\u003e, three lost classic pieces of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, author of\u003cem\u003e Brave New World\u003c\/em\u003e, are collected for the first time, with an original foreword by National Book Critics Circle Award winner Gary Giddins.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title novella, Rome is the stunning backdrop for a renowned novelist’s dangerous affair. “Uncle Spencer” is the “exquisite” (\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e) tale of an aging World War I veteran’s quest for the lost love he met in a prison during the war, and “Two or Three Graces,” “probably the thing nearest perfection of all that [Huxley] has done” (\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e), recounts a destructive writer’s abusive relationship with an impressionable housewife. Now brought back in print for the first time in seventy-five years, the novellas newly collected in \u003cem\u003eAfter the Fireworks \u003c\/em\u003ereveal Aldous Huxley at the height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAfter the Fireworks\u003c\/em\u003e, three lost classic pieces of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, author of\u003cem\u003e Brave New World\u003c\/em\u003e, are collected for the first time, with an original foreword by National Book Critics Circle Award\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ewinner Gary Giddins. In the title novella, Rome is the stunning backdrop for a renowned novelist’s dangerous affair. “Uncle Spencer” is the “exquisite” (\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e) tale of an aging World War I veteran’s quest for the lost love he met in a prison during the war, and “Two or Three Graces,” “probably the thing nearest perfection of all that [Huxley] has done” (\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e), recounts a destructive writer’s abusive relationship with an impressionable housewife. Now brought back in print for the first time in seventy-five years, the novellas newly collected in \u003cem\u003eAfter the Fireworks \u003c\/em\u003ereveal Aldous Huxley at the height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“The psychology of the two individuals is shrewdly mastered. . . . \u003cem\u003eAfter the Fireworks\u003c\/em\u003e displays on Huxley’s part a rare but genuine if elusive sympathy as well as a sound perception of human shortcomings.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times (on After the Fireworks)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brilliant. . . . I doubt if there is another living novelist as capable of taking in so much at a glance.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator UK (on After the Fireworks)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eTwo or Three Graces\u003c\/em\u003e is probably the thing nearest perfection of all that he has done.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman UK (on Two or Three Graces)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It takes an artist of more than usual gifts to produce 137 quietly exquisite pages in order to lead up to such a delightfully ironical tiger-or-lady ending as that of ‘Uncle Spencer.’” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review on (Uncle Spencer)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“’After the Fireworks’ is a major work and a turning point for Huxley, leading directly to \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Giddins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Aldous Huxley endures as one of the most visionary and unusual minds of the twentieth century.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Popova, Brain Pickings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brilliant. . . . 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