岛(赫胥黎) Island

基本信息

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial

Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 1, 2026

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 368 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0063567989

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0063567986

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.4 ounces

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.5 x 0.83 x 7.12 inches

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“赫胥黎对人类境况和美好社会可能性的论述……《岛》是一部令人欣喜且在许多方面独树一帜的作品，它与柏拉图等作家一样，以想象的方式，对社会的本质及其可能的状态，提出了一个连贯的构想。”——《纽约时报书评》

在奥尔德斯·赫胥黎的一部小说中，一个位于太平洋的乌托邦式社会正受到冷酷贪婪的外来势力的威胁。这部小说对意识、人文主义、狂热和毁灭进行了及时而深刻的探讨，现已由哈珀·柯林斯出版社推出限量版橄榄绿版。

作为他享誉全球的经典之作《美丽新世界》的有力反驳，奥尔德斯·赫胥黎的后一部小说描绘了太平洋上的帕拉岛，一个繁荣的理想社会在此延续了120年。岛民们追求更高的意识境界，过着集体生活，和平地追求知识的乐趣和精神的冥想。

但岛上的宁静引来了觊觎其自然资源（包括丰富的石油储量）的外来者的嫉妒。一个企图占领帕拉岛的阴谋正在酝酿之中——然而，当一个名叫法兰比的愤世嫉俗的报社记者，作为阴谋者的代理人，精心策划了一场发生在岛上的沉船事故后，他与岛上居民的相处经历却出乎意料地彻底改变了他的价值观，更重要的是，给了他希望。

“Huxley’s final word about the human condition and the possibility of the good society. . . . Island is a welcome and in many ways unique addition to the select company of books—from Plato to now—that have presented, in imaginary terms, a coherent view of what society is not but might be.” —The New York Times Book Review

A utopian Pacific Ocean society is threatened by ruthless and greedy outside forces in Aldous Huxley’s final novel—a timely and relevant exploration of consciousness, humanism, fanaticism, and destruction—now available as a limited Olive Edition from Harper Perennial.

A provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, Aldous Huxley's last novel introduces the Pacific island of Pala, home to a flourishing ideal society for 120 years. Aspiring to achieve a state of heightened consciousness, the islanders practice communal living, peacefully pursuing intellectual passions and spiritual meditation.

But the island’s bliss eventually attracts the envy of outsiders covetous of its natural resources, including its vast oil reserves. A devious plan to take over Pala is undertaken –but when a jaded newspaperman named Faranby orchestrates his own shipwreck on the island, as an agent for the conspirators, his experiences with its inhabitants unexpectedly revolutionize his values, and above all else, give him hope.

作者简介

布奥尔德斯·赫胥黎（1894—1963）是经典小说《美丽新世界》《岛》《加沙的无眼人》和《天才与女神》的作者，同时也是《永恒的哲学》和《感知之门》等广受好评的非虚构作品的作者。他出生于英国萨里郡，毕业于牛津大学，逝世于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶。

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.