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After the fireworks: three novellas

โœ Scribed by Aldous Huxley; Gary Giddins


Publisher
HarperCollins;Harper Perennial
Year
2016
Tongue
English
Weight
288 KB
Edition
First edition
Category
Fiction

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โœฆ Synopsis


From one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, Aldous Huxley, comes his great novella, set in Rome, about a writer's affair with a mysterious young fan--now back in print for the first time in the U.S. in more than seventy years and also featuring two other acclaimed short works, plus an original introduction from noted critic Gary Giddins.

**"The psychology of the two individuals is shrewdly mastered.... After the Fireworks displays on Huxley's part a rare but genuine if elusive sympathy as well as a sound perception of human shortcomings." --New York Times


In After the Fireworks, three of Aldous Huxley's lost classic pieces of short fiction are collected for the first time. In the title novella, Rome is the stunning backdrop where internationally famous novelist Miles Fanning sets out on a walk down Via Condotti toward the Spanish Steps when he encounters the mysterious Pamela Tarn --a beautiful young...


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