A Clockwork Orange

Zusatztext Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn't just like ultra-violence - he also enjoysrape! drugs and Beethoven's Ninth. He and his gang rampage through a dystopianfuture! hunting for terrible thrills. But when Alex finds himself at themercy of the state and subject to the ministrations of Dr Brodsky! thegovernment psychologist! he discovers that fun is no longer the order ofthe day... Informationen zum Autor Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) is the author of many works, including A Clockwork Orange , The Wanting Seed , Nothing Like the Sun , and Re Joyce . Klappentext In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at what cost? Zusammenfassung Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn't just like ultra-violence - he also enjoys rape, drugs and Beethoven's ninth. He and his gang of droogs rampage through a dystopian future, hunting for terrible thrills.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Anthony Burgess, Burgess Anthony, Blake Morrison
• Mitarbeit: Blake Morrison (Einführung)
• Verlag: Penguin Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 24.02.2000
• EAN: 9780141182605
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118260-5
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 197 mm x 11 mm
• Serien: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics Paperbacks; Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary