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A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novella by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence.
A Clockwork Orange is Anthony Burgess’s most famous novel and its impact on literary, musical and visual culture has been extensive. The novel is concerned with the conflict between the individual and the state, the punishment of young criminals, and the possibility or otherwise of redemption.
Teen gang leader Alex narrates in fantastically inventive slang that echoes the violent intensity of youth rebelling against society. Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom.
May 16, 2024 · A Clockwork Orange, novel by Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a dismal dystopian England and presents a first-person account of a juvenile delinquent who undergoes state-sponsored psychological rehabilitation for his aberrant behavior.
May 26, 2020 · One of the most original and endlessly thought-provoking dystopian novels of the whole twentieth century, A Clockwork Orange (1962) is Anthony Burgess’ best-known novel. But what is the message behind this curious novel?
A short summary of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of A Clockwork Orange.
In A Clockwork Orange, Burgess satirizes behaviorism with his portrayal of the fictional Ludovico’s Technique. Burgess was still a relatively unknown writer when he published A Clockwork Orange in 1962, and the novel was not an immediate success.
Dec 10, 2020 · A clockwork orange. by. Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993. Publication date. 1996. Topics. Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- Fiction, Medicine in Literature, Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation, Dystopias, Juvenile delinquents Rehabilitation Fiction. Publisher. London : Penguin.
One of Esquire's 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time “A brilliant novel.… [A] savage satire on the distortions of the single and collective minds.”— New York Times , A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, 9780393341768
