Anthony Burgess

"Zavodnoj apelsin" - literaturnyj paradoks XX stoletija. Prodolzhaja futuristicheskie traditsii v literature, eksperimentiruja s jazykom, na kotorom govorit rubezhnoe pokolenie taNjYraN Ykoch i ^ok "nadsatykh", Zntoni Bjordzhess sozdaet roman, priznannyj klassikoj sovremennoj literatury. Umnyj, zhestokij, kharizmatichnyj antigeroj Aleks, lider ulichnoj bandy, propoveduja nasilie kak vysokoe iskusstvo zhizni, kak rod naslazhdenija, popadaet v zheleznye tiski novejshej gosudarstvennoj programmy po perevospitaniju prestupnikov i sam stanovitsja zhertvoj nasilija. Mozhno li spasti mir ot zla, lishaja cheloveka voli sovershat postupki i prevraschaja ego v "zavodnoj apelsin"? Etot vopros segodnja aktualen tak zhe, kak i vchera, i vopros etot avtor zadaet chitatelju.

Written in 1991 to commemorate the bicentennial of Mozart’s death, Burgess’s novella-length piece is a compendium of themes, genres and even art-forms revolving around the one central preoccupation of the entire Burgess oeuvre: the reconcilability of life and art. This is a kaleidoscope of a book, which stretches even the bounds of even Anthony Burgess’s fiction in an attempt to understand Mozart through celestial dialogue, an opera libretto, and fragments of a film script. As gracefully witty as it is daringly experimental, Mozart and the Wolf Gang is one of Burgess’s late, great works, often overlooked due to its experimental form, which nevertheless remains accessible, entertaining and yet refreshingly original to this day. This new critical edition with analysis from noted musicologist and a first-class literary critic Alan Shockley enables this work’s significance to be assessed by a new generation of readers and scholars.

Konsultant po tsifrovoj transformatsii i robotizatsii Endrju Berdzhess sem let pomogaet kompanijam vnedrjat II. V svoej knige on bez "vody" i slozhnykh terminov rassmatrivaet takie prakticheskie funktsii II, kak raspoznavanie obrazov, obrabotku estestvennogo jazyka i prognozirovanie, illjustriruja ikh kejsami kompanij iz raznykh otraslej. Kniga budet interesna kak predprinimateljam, kotorye tolko zadumyvajutsja o perspektivakh ispolzovanija II, tak i tem, kto khochet primenjat ego bolee effektivno. Perevodchik: V. Skvortsov

1962. aastal ilmunud "Kellavärgiga apelsini" ("A Clockwork Orange") tegevus toimub tuleviku Londonis ja see on kirja pandud väga huvitavas keeles, nimelt nadsatis, mis on omapärane segu inglise ja ameerika slängist ning enamasti vene keelest pärinevaist laensõnadest. Tegelased ja sündmustik ei jää kummalisuse poolest keelele sugugi alla. Peategelane Alex on kuritegevusele pühendunud nooruk, kes mõrvab ja vägistab süütuid kodanikke. Ta võetakse vahi alla ja ühiskonna valvekoerad hakkavad temast kõigi võimalike vahenditega kurja juurt välja kangutama. Kesksel kohal seisab filosoofiline küsimus: kumb on parem, kas omavolitsev halb inimene või hea inimene, kel puudub igasugune vaba tahe. Kaasaegses kultuuripildis sai Alexist kultustegelane. Järgiti nii tema riietumisstiili kui kuritegelikke kalduvusi, mille tagajärjel oli Stanley Kubricku samanimeline film Inglismaal aastakümneid keelatud, nõnda et inglased pidid filmi Pariisis vaatamas käima. Udo Uibo tõlge on oma meisterlikkuses ületamatu. Esmakordselt eesti keeles ilmudes sai "Kellavärgiga apelsin" 2001. aastal Kultuurkapitali tõlkepreemia. John Anthony Burgess Wilson sündis 1917. aastal Manchesteris katoliiklikus keskklassi perekonnas. Isa oli kassapidaja ja mängis kõrtsides klaverit. Ema suri grippi, kui Anthony oli paariaastane ja nii kasvas poiss üles tädi ja kasuema hoole all. Manchesteri ülikoolis õppis ta inglise keelt ja kirjandust, kuid tema esimene kirg oli hoopis muusika, enne raamatute juurde asumist tegeles ta pikka aega heliloominguga.1954. aastal läks Burgess õpetajaks Malaiasse ja Bruneisse ning kirjutas seal oma esimesed trükki jõudnud romaanid, nn Malaisia triloogia. Ühel päeval kaotas ta tundi andes teadvuse ja kukkus kokku. Tal diagnoositi ajukasvaja ja öeldi, et üle aasta talle jäänud pole. Niimoodi surma mõistetud, hakkas Burgess palavikuliselt kirjutama. Diagnoos osutus aga valeks, nõnda et Burgess jõudis oma esimese naise maha matta ja ühe itaalia krahvinnaga uuesti abielluda. Äärmiselt produktiivseks jäi ta elu lõpuni, avaldades mitukümmend romaani, kirjandusteaduslikke uurimusi Shakespeare'ist ja Joyce'ist, lisaks veel mitu sümfooniat, balleti ja ooperi." Kellavärgiga apelsin" saavutas ilmudes kohe suure menu. Stanley Kubricku samanimelise filmi edu 1971. aastal aitas sellele muidugi ainult kaasa.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

John Anthony Burgess Wilson (1917–93) was an industrious writer. He published over fifty books, thousands of essays and numerous drafts and fragments survive. He predicted many of the struggles and challenges of his own and the following century. His most famous book is A Clockwork Orange (1962), later adapted into a controversial film by Stanley Kubrick. The linguistic innovations of that novel, the strict formal devices used to contain them, and its range of themes are all to be found too in Burgess's poetry, an area of his work where he was at once most free and most experimental. It is his least exposed and most complex and eloquent area of achievement, now revealed at last in all its richness. His flair for words, formal discipline, experimentalism, and fondness for variousness mark every page.

This man and music asks two central questions: what can literature contribute to the art of composition, and how can music influence the writer? Anthony Burgess, famed novelist, journalist, and composer, answers these questions and many more. As a person uniquely qualified to look at the interconnectivity of music and literature from both sides, Burgess provides fascinating insights, drawing on his deep knowledge of both disciplines. The book contains eleven interconnected essays that touch on philosophical conundrums of art and adaptation, questions of meaning, and the author’s own personal experience. It is a must-read for fans of Burgess who want to understand how music influenced the author’s craft of writing. Part autobiography and part literary and musical analysis, This man and music is a unique artefact in the stunning output of a prolific artist.

Pervyj roman satiricheskoj tetralogii Entoni Bjordzhessa o zhizni i prikljuchenijakh poeta-zatvornika Enderbi, nachatoj esche v 1963 godu i zavershennoj v 1984-m. Mister Enderbi vpolne dovolen svoej zhiznju: on pishet stikhi v improvizirovannom kabinete-vannoj i vedet neskonchaemye spory s domokhozjajkoj i sosedjami. No vse menjaetsja, kogda on vstrechaet Vestu Bejnbridzh, redaktora damskogo zhurnala, na vruchenii ezhegodnoj poeticheskoj premii i okazyvaetsja vnezapno dlja sebja vtjanut v romanticheskie otnoshenija... Odnako muza - revnivaja vozljublennaja, i ona zhestoko pokaraet izmennika...

‘I’m working on a novel intended to express the feel of England in Edward III’s time ... The fourteenth century of my novel will be mainly evoked in terms of smell and visceral feelings, and it will carry an undertone of general disgust rather than hey-nonny nostalgia’ – Anthony Burgess, 1973 The Black Prince is a brutal historical tale of chivalry, religious belief, obsession, siege and bloody warfare. From disorientating depictions of medieval battles to court intrigues and betrayals, the campaigns of Edward, the Black Prince, are brought to vivid life. This rambunctious book, based on a completed screenplay by Anthony Burgess, showcases Adam Roberts in complete control of the novel as a way of making us look at history with fresh eyes, all while staying true to the linguistic pyrotechnics and narrative verve of Burgess’s best work.

"1984" Dzhordzha Oruella - odna iz velichajshikh antiutopij v istorii mirovoj literatury. Imenno ona vdokhnovila Entoni Bjordzhessa na sozdanie jarkoj, polemichnoj i smeloj knigi "1985". V ee pervoj - publitsisticheskoj - chasti Bjordzhess analiziruet roman Oruella, pribegaja, dlja bolshej polnoty i mnogogrannosti analiza, k samym raznym literaturnym priemam - ot "voobrazhaemogo intervju" do jazvitelnoj parodii. Vo vtoroj chasti, napisannoj v 1978 godu, pisatel predlagaet sobstvennoe videnie nedalekogo buduschego. On opisyvaet gosudarstvo, gde pozharnye vedut zabastovki, poka gorod okhvachen ognem, gde ulichnye bandy v sovershenstve znajut latyn, no grabjat i ubivajut nevinnykh, gde ljudi stanovjatsja zalozhnikami tekhnologij, prevraschaja svoju zhizn v pytku...

Puma – disentangled from the three-part structure of The End of the World News and published here for the first time in its intended format – is Anthony Burgess’s lost science fiction novel. Set some way into the future, the story details the crushing of the planet Earth by a heavyweight intruder from a distant galaxy – the dreaded Puma. It is a visceral book about the end of history as man has known it. Despite its apocalyptic theme, its earthquakes and tidal waves, murder and madness, Puma is a gloriously-comic novel, steeped in the rich literary heritage of a world soon to be extinguished and celebrating humanity in all its squalid glory. In Burgess’s hands this meditation on destruction, mitigated by the hope of salvation for a select few, becomes powerful exploration of friendship, violence, literature and science at the end of the world.

Anthony Burgess draws upon an autobiographical episode to create Beard’s Roman Women, the story of a man haunted by his first wife, presumed dead. But is she? A marvellously economical book, full-flavoured, funny, and heartfelt, showing its author at the height of his powers. This new edition is the first to be published with David Robinson’s photographs for over forty years. The text of the novel has been restored using the original typescripts, and Graham Foster’s new introduction provides valuable insight into the fictional and biographical contexts of the novel. The text is fully annotated with a detailed set of notes and this edition includes the previously unpublished script for Burgess’s television film By the Waters of Leman: Byron and Shelley at Geneva, and a rare piece of Burgess’s writing about Rome.