{"product_id":"after-the-fireworks-three-novellas-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062423924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Aldous Huxley, Gary Giddins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924809683125,"sku":"9780062423924","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_841d33b7-748f-4097-8900-c415ccc44385.jpg?v=1687838722","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/after-the-fireworks-three-novellas-9780062423924","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}