Re: A. Burgess
Thor Cameron (my_colours@hotmail.com)
Tue, 01 Dec 1998 15:25:08 -0800 (PST)
---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
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