Book of February

It's that time of the year! Pink and red dominate all shops and little hearts are everywhere...
...so we thought we'd deviate from stereotypes a little bit, and read something different this February.

Here is your book of Feb 2014!

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

About the book:

Far in the future, the World Controllers have finally created the ideal society. In laboratories worldwide, genetic science has brought the human race to perfection. From the Alpha-Plus mandarin class to the Epsilon-Minus Semi-Morons, designed to perform menial tasks, man is bred and educated to be blissfully content with his pre-destined role.

But, in the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, Bernard Marx is unhappy. Harbouring an unnatural desire for solitude, feeling only distaste for the endless pleasures of compulsory promiscuity, Bernard has an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress…

A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley' s most enduring masterpiece.

The book is considered Huxley's masterpiece, and often compared with George Orwell's 1984.

We will be discussing this book in our February meeting.

Happy reading!

-Aditi