A ilha, 1962, é uma obra-prima do talento profético de Huxley, um dos maiores escritores do Séc. XX. Vindo de um mundo dominado pela violência, totalitarismo e massificação, o cético jornalista Will Farnaby descobre Pala, uma ilha paradisíaca na Indonésia. Ali floresce uma sociedade auto-suficiente que, baseada no perfeito equilíbrio entre a ciência e espiritualismo, valoriza a liberdade e a realização plena das potencialidades de seus habitantes. No entanto, a cobiça dos países vizinhos — que desejam explorar as riquezas naturais do lugar — condena Pala ao desaparecimento

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