A Clockwork Orange

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Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange (Spanish language, 1994, Penguin Books)

Hardcover, 160 pages

Spanish language

Published July 30, 1994 by Penguin Books.

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978-0-14-003219-2
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A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him. The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot called "Nadsat", which takes its name from the Russian suffix that is equivalent to '-teen' in English. According to Burgess, it was a jeu d'esprit written in just three weeks.

In 2005, A Clockwork Orange was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The original manuscript of the book has been kept at McMaster University's William Ready Division of Archives and …

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  • Modern fiction
  • Classics
  • Science Fiction - General
  • Literature - Classics / Criticism