A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
by Burgess, Anthony (introduction by Blake Morrison)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0141182601
- ISBN 13
- 9780141182605
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Penguin Books, 2000. Book. Illus. by Veronique Rolland;. Very Good+. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 141 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Veronique Rolland. In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't quite go as planned... This was filmed in 1971, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, and a host of others..
Synopsis
Anthony Burgess wrote more than 40 novels, but A Clockwork Orange is certainly his most famous. The novel is set in a not-too-distant future English society, namely characterized by a subculture of extreme youth violence. Alex, the unapologetic teenaged protagonist, narrates his exploits and experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him. This narration — in a fictional slang called nadsat — is an experiment in language, combining elements of Russian and Cockney English. In fact, the title of the novel itself is taken from an old Cockney expression: “As queer as a clockwork orange.” The US edition of the novel was published without the final chapter, in which Alex grows up to renounce violence. Burgess strongly disapproved of the decision, arguing that it distorted the novel into a tale of unredeemable evil — far from the author’s original intention. Ironically, the US edition of A Clockwork Orange became a cult classic and was used by Stanley Kubrick for his 1971 film adaptation. A Clockwork Orange is ranked 65th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. It is also listed in TIME’s “100 Best Novels” (since 1923).
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Details
- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223485
- Title
- A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
- Author
- Burgess, Anthony (introduction by Blake Morrison)
- Illustrator
- Veronique Rolland;
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0141182601
- ISBN 13
- 9780141182605
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- movie tie in; film; motion picture; cinema; speculative fiction; new wave; fantasy; future history;
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
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Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
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