Anthony Burgess Knihy

Už pred viac ako polstoročím, keď Mechanický pomaranč vyšiel prvý raz, sa stal „klasikou“ a zaradil sa medzi to najlepšie, čo priniesla moderná literatúra. Rovnomenný film, ktorý podľa knihy nakrútil Stanley Kubrick, sa rýchlo stal kultovým a dodnes má svojich verných fanúšikov. Príbeh sa odohráva v Londýne. Hlavná postava Alex je vodcom štvorčlennej skupiny tínedžerov, ktorá pácha rozličné násilnosti. Medzi sebou sa rozprávajú bizarným slangom s implantovanými rusizmami. Alexa po čase chytia a dostane sa do väzenia, kde ho čaká hrozivý trest s nepredstaviteľnými následkami. Experimentálna liečba ho zmení na krotkého baránka, ktorý sa už nikdy nedopustí násilia, ale zároveň ho tak zbaví aj možnosti voľby medzi dobrom a zlom, jeho ľudskej podstaty. Kniha je fascinujúcim jazykovým koncertom, brilantnou štúdiou zla v človeku aj drsnou antiutópiou v orwellovskom duchu. K slovenskému čitateľovi sa dostáva v druhom vydaní, doplnenom o detaily z originálneho textu, ktorý sa považuje za jediný autorizovaný rukopis, a slovník slangových výrazov.

Before Shakespeare in Love, there was Anthony Burgess's Nothing Like the Sun: a magnificent, bawdy telling of Shakespeare's love life.

A sharp analysis: through dialogues, parodies and essays, the author sheds light on what he called 'an apocalyptic codex of our worst fears', creating a critique that is literature in its own right.

In John 17, Jesus prayed for the unity of the church. Yet today, we tend to accept disunity as inevitable. In this book, Anthony Burgess calls us to addresses the spiritual and visible unity that Jesus desires for His people. Burgess speaks of how union and communion with Christ and His people are "the life and comfort of believers." Giving careful consideration of what Christian unity should look like, Burgess excels at uncovering common causes of division and promoting means to advance unity among God's people.

Offers a portrait of the author's first forty years, from his childhood in Manchester to the moment when, having been told he was dying, he began to write seriously

A bumper volume of the best poems by a hugely funny and quotable writer.

252 pages. First printing of the Ballantine pocket-size paperback. U5037.

W.B. Yeats wrote of a poem that he "made it out of a mouthful of air". All literature and indeed language, Burgess argues, is made this way - an oral rather than a visual medium. Burgess goes on to present a survey of the history, development and cross-fertilization of languages.

In a collection of nonfiction writings, the British novelist addresses his childhood, his experiences in Malaysia and Monaco, his own work and its critics, and the work of his contemporaries.

Before Shakespeare in Love, there was Anthony Burgess's Nothing Like the Sun: a magnificent, bawdy telling of Shakespeare's love life.