Point counter point

Description

**Point Counter Point** is a novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1928. It is Huxley's longest novel, and was notably more complex and serious than his earlier fiction. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked *Point Counter Point* 44th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Counter_Point))

Description

Aldous Huxley's lifelong concern with the dichotomy between passion and reason finds its fullest expression both thematically and formally in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, Huxley characterizes the symptoms of "the disease of modern man" in the manner of a composer - themes and characters are repeated, altered slightly, and played off one another in a tone that is at once critical and sympathetic. First published in 1928, Huxley's satiric view of intellectual life in the '20s is populated with characters based on such celebrities of the time as D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Sir Oswald Mosley, Nancy Cunard, and John Middleton Murray, as well as Huxley himself. A major work of the 20th century and a monument of literary modernism, this edition includes an introduction by acclaimed novelist Nicholas Mosley (author of Hopeful Monsters and the son of Sir Oswald Mosley). Along with Brave New World (written a few years later), Point Counter Point is Huxley's most concentrated attack on the scientific attitude and its effect on modern culture.

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Other Editions

• Point counter pointDalkey Archive Press1996-01-01
• Point counter pointThe Literary Guild of America1928-01-01
• Point counter pointThe Literary Guild of America1928-01-01
• Point Counter PointHardcoverThe Modern Library1930-01-01
• Point counter pointChatto & Windus1935-01-01
• Point counter pointChatto & Windus1947-01-01