You've Had Your Time

Informationen zum Autor Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917 and educated at Xaverian College and Manchester University. He served in the British army from 1940 to 1946 and was a schoolteacher in England before becoming a colonial education officer in 1954. His Malayan trilogy of novels and a history of English literature were published while he was living in Malaya and Brunei. He became a full-time writer in 1959 and achieved a worldwide reputation as one of the most versatile novelists of his day. His writings include biographies of Shakespeare and Hemingway, critical studies of James Joyce, stage plays, and two volumes of autobiography. His work as a composer and librettist includes the Broadway musical, Cyrano , and Blooms of Dublin , an operetta based on Joyce's Ulysses . His 33 novels continue to be published all over the world. They include A Clockwork Orange , Nothing Like the Sun , The Complete Enderby , Earthly Powers , Napoleon Symphony , and Beard's Roman Women , a collaboration with the photographer David Robinson. Anthony Burgess died in London in 1993. Klappentext After returning from a trip to Brunei, Anthony Burgess, initially believing he has only a year to live, begins to write - novels, film scripts, television series, articles. Zusammenfassung After returning from a trip to Brunei, Anthony Burgess, initially believing he has only a year to live, begins to write - novels, film scripts, television series, articles.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Burgess, Burgess Anthony
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.10.2002
• EAN: 9780099437062
• ISBN: 978-0-09-943706-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Memoirs, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000