{"product_id":"after-the-fireworks-three-novellas","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","brand":"Aldous Huxley","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55254652780835,"sku":"9780062423924","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780062423924.jpg?v=1781829548","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/after-the-fireworks-three-novellas","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}