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After Many a Summer (1939) is a novel by Aldous Huxley that tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire who fears his impending death. It was published in the United States as After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Written soon after Huxley left England and settled in California, the novel is Huxley's examination of American culture, particularly what he saw as its narcissism, superficiality, and obsession with youth. This satire also raises philosophical and social issues, some of which would later take the forefront in Huxley's final novel Island. The novel's title is taken from Tennyson's poem Tithonus, about a figure in Greek mythology to whom Aurora gave eternal life but not eternal youth. The book was awarded the 1939 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.

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  • After Many a Summer (1939) is a novel by Aldous Huxley that tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire who fears his impending death. It was published in the United States as After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Written soon after Huxley left England and settled in California, the novel is Huxley's examination of American culture, particularly what he saw as its narcissism, superficiality, and obsession with youth. This satire also raises philosophical and social issues, some of which would later take the forefront in Huxley's final novel Island. The novel's title is taken from Tennyson's poem Tithonus, about a figure in Greek mythology to whom Aurora gave eternal life but not eternal youth. The book was awarded the 1939 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. (en)
  • Jouvence (titre original : After Many a Summer) est un roman publié en 1939 par Aldous Huxley (Royaume-Uni). Il est vraisemblablement inspiré, comme son titre anglais le laisse supposer, du poème d’Alfred Tennyson Tithon, paru en 1860. (fr)
  • Dopo molte estati (After Many a Summer) è un romanzo di Aldous Huxley del 1939. Negli Stati Uniti venne pubblicato con il titolo After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Il titolo è tratto da un verso della poesia Tithonus di Alfred Tennyson, ispirata al principe troiano amato dalla dea dell'aurora Eos. La leggenda narra che quando questa implorò Zeus di concedere al giovane il dono dell'immortalità, si dimenticò di chiedere per lui anche l'eterna giovinezza così che l'uomo fu costretto ad invecchiare per sempre senza mai morire. Scritto dopo che Huxley lasciò l'Inghilterra per trasferirsi in California, il romanzo è un'analisi della cultura americana, in particolare degli aspetti di narcisismo, superficialità e ossessione per la giovinezza che rendono evidente il richiamo al verso di Tennyson. All'interno di una cornice narrativa priva di sostanziali colpi di scena, il romanzo solleva questioni filosofiche e sociali - riprese in parte anche nell'ultimo romanzo di Huxley, L'isola - quali il rapporto tra fede e scienza, il valore dell'arte, l'eterno dibattito sul Bene e sul Male. Il libro vinse l'edizione del 1939 del James Tait Black Memorial Prize per la narrativa. (it)
  • Po wielu latach (ang. After Many a Summer) – powieść Aldousa Huxleya wydana w USA pod tytułem After Many a Summer dies a Swan. Tytuł jest cytatem z wiersza Alfreda Tennysona Titonus (1898), który w przekładzie Adama Asnyka brzmi następująco: “Po kilku wiosnach łabędź kończy swoje trwanie”. (pl)
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  • 823/.912 19
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  • 0-06-091063-1
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  • PR6015.U9 A77 1983
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  • First UK edition (en)
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  • PR6015.U9 A77 1983 (en)
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  • or After Many A Summer Dies the Swan (en)
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  • Chatto & Windus(UK)
  • Harper & Row(USA)
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  • After Many a Summer (1939) is a novel by Aldous Huxley that tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire who fears his impending death. It was published in the United States as After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Written soon after Huxley left England and settled in California, the novel is Huxley's examination of American culture, particularly what he saw as its narcissism, superficiality, and obsession with youth. This satire also raises philosophical and social issues, some of which would later take the forefront in Huxley's final novel Island. The novel's title is taken from Tennyson's poem Tithonus, about a figure in Greek mythology to whom Aurora gave eternal life but not eternal youth. The book was awarded the 1939 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. (en)
  • Jouvence (titre original : After Many a Summer) est un roman publié en 1939 par Aldous Huxley (Royaume-Uni). Il est vraisemblablement inspiré, comme son titre anglais le laisse supposer, du poème d’Alfred Tennyson Tithon, paru en 1860. (fr)
  • Po wielu latach (ang. After Many a Summer) – powieść Aldousa Huxleya wydana w USA pod tytułem After Many a Summer dies a Swan. Tytuł jest cytatem z wiersza Alfreda Tennysona Titonus (1898), który w przekładzie Adama Asnyka brzmi następująco: “Po kilku wiosnach łabędź kończy swoje trwanie”. (pl)
  • Dopo molte estati (After Many a Summer) è un romanzo di Aldous Huxley del 1939. Negli Stati Uniti venne pubblicato con il titolo After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Il titolo è tratto da un verso della poesia Tithonus di Alfred Tennyson, ispirata al principe troiano amato dalla dea dell'aurora Eos. La leggenda narra che quando questa implorò Zeus di concedere al giovane il dono dell'immortalità, si dimenticò di chiedere per lui anche l'eterna giovinezza così che l'uomo fu costretto ad invecchiare per sempre senza mai morire. (it)
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  • After Many a Summer (en)
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  • Dopo molte estati (it)
  • Po wielu latach (pl)
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