A Clockwork Orange

图书标准信息

• 作者 Anthony Burgess 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2000-02
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780141182605
• 定价 68.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 176页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Penguin Modern Classics

【内容简介】

AnthonyBurgess'snightmarevisionofasocietyoverrunbynihilisticviolenceandgovernedbyamenacingtotalitarianstate,AClockworkOrangeincludesanintroductionbyBlakeMorrisoninPenguinModernClassics.

Fifteen-year-oldAlexdoesn'tjustlikeultra-violence-healsoenjoysrape,drugsandBeethoven'sninth.Heandhisgangofdroogsrampagethroughadystopianfuture,huntingforterriblethrills.ButwhenAlexfindshimselfatthemercyofthestateandsubjecttotheministrationsofDrBrodsky,andthemind-alteringtreatmentoftheLudovicoTechnique,hediscoversthatfunisnolongertheorderoftheday.ThebasisforStanleyKubrick'snotorious1971film,AClockworkOrangeisbothavirtuosoperformancefromanelectrifyingprosestylistandaseriousexplorationofthemoralityoffreewill.

Inhisintroduction,BlakeMorrisonsituatesAClockworkOrangewithinthecontextofAnthonyBurgess'smanyotherworks,explorestheauthor'sunhappinesswiththeStanleyKubrickfilmversion,analysesthecompositionoftheNadsatargotspokenbyAlexandhisdroogs,andexaminestheinfluencesonBurgess'sunique,eternallyoriginalstyle.

AnthonyBurgess(1917-93)wasborninManchesterin1917.From1954to1960hewasstationedinMalaysiaasaneducationofficer-duringthistimehestartedwritingTheMalayanTrilogy.Diagnosedwithaninoperablebraintumourin1959,Burgessbecameafull-timewriterandwentontowriteabookayearupuntilhisdeathin1993.Hismanyworksinclude:TheCompleteEnderby,TremorofIntent,TheKingdomoftheWickedandAClockworkOrange.

IfyouenjoyedAClockworkOrange,youmightlikeKenKesey'sOneFlewOvertheCuckoo'sNest,alsoavailableinPenguinModernClassics.

【作者简介】

AnthonyBurgesswasborninManchesterin1917.From1954to1960hewasstationedinMalaysiaasaneducationofficer-duringthistimehestartedwritingTheMalayanTrilogy.Diagnosedwithanunoperablebraintumourin1959,Burgessbecameafull-timewriterandwentontowriteabookayearupuntilhisdeathin1993.Hismanyworksinclude:TheCompleteEnderby,TremorofIntent,TheKingdomoftheWickedandAClockworkOrange.