A clockwork orange
In Anthony Burgess's influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends' intense reaction against their society. Dazzl...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London :
W. W. Norton & Company,
[2019]
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| Edition: | New, American edition. |
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| Summary: | In Anthony Burgess's influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends' intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgess's introduction, "A Clockwork Orange Resucked." |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 213 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes introduction by the author and publisher's note (page 213). |
| ISBN: | 9780393341768 0393341763 |
