A Clockwork Orange
de Burgess, Anthony
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Fine
- Librería
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
London, England: The Folio Society, 2014. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jones, Ben. xxii, 214pp. Seven indexed full-page plates including frontis. Black endpapers. Textured black boards w goldstamp figure to cover, gold lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Octavo. Black slipcase is clean and structurally sound showing single vertical surface scratch to one side panel. Originally published by Heinemann, (London,1962), the text of this Folio edition follows that of the restored edition edited by Andrew Biswell (Heinemann, 2012), with a new Introduction by Irvine Welsh.
Sinopsis
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 048508
- Título
- A Clockwork Orange
- Autor
- Burgess, Anthony
- Ilustrador
- Jones, Ben
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- The Folio Society
- Lugar de publicación
- London, England
- Fecha de publicación
- 2014
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Palabras clave
- Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993 Dystopian fiction NOISBN Literary, Technological, Political
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature and Modern Classics;
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