Jesting Pilate
by Aldous Huxley 
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The author recounts his experiences traveling through six countries, and offers his observations on their people, cultures, and customs.Tags
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Il viaggio intorno al mondo di Aldous Huxley e signora compiuto nel 1925 e durato un anno intero raccontato con emozione, con rispetto per le diversità , per le culture. Dall'India alla Malesia, dalle Filippine al Giappone, in Borneo e in Birmania, infine negli Stati Uniti, Huxley visita monumenti e periferie, grandi città e villaggi ricavandone un'esperienza umana vastissima. "viaggiare ci dà la persuasione della diversità dell'uomo" egli dice a conclusione dell'opera "insegnandoci la tolleranza".
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Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Surrey, England, into a distinguished scientific and literary family; his grandfather was the noted scientist and writer, T.H. Huxley. Following an eye illness at age 16 that resulted in near-blindness, Huxley abandoned hope of a career in medicine and turned instead to literature, attending Oxford show more University and graduating with honors. While at Oxford, he published two volumes of poetry. Crome Yellow, his first novel, was published in 1927 followed by Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves, and Point Counter Point. His most famous novel, Brave New World, published in 1932, is a science fiction classic about a futuristic society controlled by technology. In all, Huxley produced 47 works during his long career, In 1947, Huxley moved with his family to southern California. During the 1950s, he experimented with mescaline and LSD. Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, both works of nonfiction, were based on his experiences while taking mescaline under supervision. In 1959, Aldous Huxley received the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on November 22, 1963. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Jesting Pilate
- Original title
- Jesting Pilate
- Alternate titles
- Jesting Pilate The Diary of a Journey; Jesting Pilate: Travels Through India, Burma, Malaya, Japan, China, and America; Jesting Pilate: An Intellectual Holiday
- Original publication date
- 1926
- Important places
- Manila, The Philippines; India; Burma; Malaya; Japan; China (show all 7); USA
- First words
- The after-hatch was off.
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- English, French, Italian
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- Paper, Ebook
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