John Anthony Burgess Wilson(penn name Anthony Burgess) was a British novelist, critic and composer. He was also a librettist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, travel writer, broadcaster, translator, linguist and educationalist. He composed over 250 musical works, including a first symphony around age 18, wrote a number of liberetti, and translated, among other works. His most famous book is "A Clockwork orange" John Anthony Burgess Wilson was born in 25. Feb, 1917, in Manchester, England, to Catholic parents, his mother died of the flu when he was two years old, and he was brought up to his aunt and later his stepmother. He studied English at Xaverian College and Manchester University and, after graduation in 1940, served in the British Army Education Corps during World War II. He was an education officer in Malaya and Brunei from 1954 to 1959, adding to the eventual total of nine languages in which he was fluent. By the tim...
Anthony Burgessi "Kellavärgiga apelsin", mis kuulub zanrilt vaieldamatult ulmekirjanduse hulka, on teos, mille väärtusi möönavad isegi ulmevaenajad. Sedalaadi raamatuid on eelmisel sajandil olnud teisigi näiteks George Orwelli "1984" ja Kurt Vonneguti "Tapamaja, korpus 5". Kui esimene neist maalib sünkmusta pildi totalitarismist ja teine sõjast, siis Anthony Burgess võtab ette kuritegevuse. Rohkem kui 40 aastat tagasi kirjutatud romaan ei ole sobiv nõrgema närvikavaga inimestele. Veidras vene laenudest kubisevas slängis pajatab oma lugu 15-aastane Alex, kelle elu koosneb baarides molutamisest ja omasuguste jõuguga süüdimatute väärtegude kordasaatmisest. Paari päeva mahub bibliofiili läbiklobimine, ühe kirjaniku majja tungimine, mehe vigasekspeksmine, ta naise grupiviisiline vägistamine jpm. Vargusi, autoärandamisi ja jõukudevahelisi arveteklaarimisi ei tasu mainidagi. Lõpuks läheb halvasti politsei satub neile peale ja läbipekstud v...
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