---J J R <jrovira@juno.com> wrote: > > I just wanted to glow a bit. I'm reading my second Anthony Burgess > novel--Earthly Powers (my first was Inside Mr. Enderby)--and I have to > say I love his writing. His sentences can be exquisitely crafted, and > he's one of the few novelists I've read that force me to keep a > dictionary handy. He's probably best known for A Clockwork Orange, but I > haven't read it yet, so.... :) > > Jim > >A read a Clockwork Orange. It was great. When I began reading it I >was >very confused because I did not understand the language, but when I >was finishing it I understood Burgess's slang very clearly. It was >very interesting. Also what is interesting is that one of my friends >is Russian and she could understand the slang because the words were >similar or the same as Russian words. I did not know that Burgess had >written other books. I guess I will have to check them out sometime. >-Liz Friedman Liz, Did you read the 20 or 21 chapter version. Until, I believe, the mid 80's, only the short version was available in the US. This is the one that stops where the movie does, but there is a 21st chapter. It is done in three sets of 7 chaps each. The 21st chapter is REALLY scary, because it turns the whole story into an everyman, and packs a solid punch. Just a note, Namaste, Thor ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com