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A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Penguin essentialsPublisher: 2011Publisher: London : Penguin, 2011, c1962Description: 140 p. 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780241951446
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823/.914 22
Summary: 'What we were after was lashings of ultraviolence'. In this nightmare vision of youth in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost? Social prophecy? Black comedy? Study of freewill? "A Clockwork Orange" is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates a new language - 'nadsat', the teenage slang of a not-too-distant future.
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Bok Jokkmokks bibliotek Magasin Magasin Engelska Available 89019244545
Bok Luleå stadsbibliotek Biblioteket Plan 5 Engelska Romaner Available 80064805115
Bok Övertorneå bibliotek Biblioteket Romaner ENG Available 89019242987

Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1962.

'What we were after was lashings of ultraviolence'. In this nightmare vision of youth in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost? Social prophecy? Black comedy? Study of freewill? "A Clockwork Orange" is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates a new language - 'nadsat', the teenage slang of a not-too-distant future.