After Many a Summer

Huxley dedicated his first American novel, After Many a Summer, to Jiddu Krishnamurti in friendship in 1939, one year after meeting him.

Huxley and Krishnamurti, who was considered by many contemporaries to be a saintly man, frequently met and went for walks in the Mojave Desert.

In a letter to Christopher Isherwood, Huxley affirms that meeting him was even more helpful than reading: ‘Better than books have been some recent conversations with Krishnamurti, who has spoken to me of some of his experiences in a most interesting and illuminating way.’

(CL 475) Huxley subsequently adopted Krishnamurti’s practical approach and shared his affinity for Zen.