Reading Those Barren Leaves | Alexandria
Read Those Barren Leaves by Aldous Huxley. Exploring empty lives of wealthy socialites trapped in an Italian villa, "Those Barren Leaves" exposes how pursuit of pleasure leads to spiritual poverty. Huxley's sardonic take reveals an overlooked truth: intellectual pretension and cultural sophistication often mask deep existential emptiness. His razor-sharp critique of meaningless social rituals eerily mirrors today's social media performance culture.