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A Clockwork Orange
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Original price was: 11,59 €.8,78 €Current price is: 8,78 €.
One of the most brilliant dystopian satires ever written, A Clockwork Orange gained fame when it was adapted into a masterful film by Stanley Kubrick. The book, however, is also a modern classic of English fiction and a landmark in pop culture, which, alongside George Orwell's 1984, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, represents one of the literary icons of post-industrial alienation.
Alex is the young leader of a teenage gang whose fun is committing atrocities and acts of violence on the streets of a futuristic city governed by a repressive and totalitarian state. After committing a crime that ends in murder, he ends up imprisoned by the government and subjected to an experimental method of reconditioning criminal minds, which uses brutal aversion therapy.
Brilliant, transgressive, and influential, the book presents a haunting vision of the future told in its own inventive lexicon called "nadsat," which blends English gang slang and Russian words. Stanley Kubrick's film of the same name was based on early American editions of this book, which, due to the insistence of American publishers, had the final chapter omitted, believing that an ending without redemption for Alex would be more realistic. This edition, however, retains the original final chapter.
The new edition features a cover by Giovanna Cianelli inspired by a striking scene from the film, conveying all the pop culture influence it represents and honoring it as the classic it is.
This new edition features a cover designed by illustrator Giovanna Cianelli, who drew inspiration from a striking scene in the film, conveying all the pop culture influence it represents.
A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess, is one of the most important books in the dystopian genre. This classic stands alongside titles such as Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, and 1984.
In 1971, the work was adapted for the cinema by Stanley Kubrick, who created an innovative aesthetic for the film. Despite never winning an Oscar, the production is considered by many to be the filmmaker's masterpiece.
In its third edition, the book has already sold over 150,000 copies.
+ Includes extras (which were also present in other editions): Translator's note and glossary of "nadsat" slang used by the characters in the book.
