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According to certain commentators Anthony Burgess was not to be trusted. They disagree about the veracity of his claim that, in 1959, a doctor gave him a year to live and diagnosed an inoperable brain tumour. The author had used this to explain his prolific output at this period, during which he wrote 6 novels apparently with the aim of providing financial security for his wife. The prognosis was obviously incorrect anyway and he went on writing for two more decades. The disturbing dystopian novella ‘A Clockwork Orange’ was published at the end of this heightened spell, in 1962. The author referred to it as a ‘jeu d’esprit’, which took him only three weeks to write, but its impact has been momentous, especially following Stanley Kubrick’s film version of 1971. It is frequently listed among the finest twentieth century novels in the English language. Burgess, born a Catholic, explores the theme of free will. Alex and his group of sociopathic teen friends, the droogs, engage in acts of random extreme violence and converse in a Russian-inspired slang called Nadsat (which incidentally is derived from the Russian for teen). After attacks amounting to rape and murder Alex is apprehended and sentenced to life in prison. There psychologists submit him to experimental, but ultimately successful, aversion therapies to quell his violent tendencies, despite the chaplain arguing the state is robbing him of free will. Regarded as no longer a threat and released into the community, Alex becomes ‘victim’ and attempts suicide. The controversial conditioning called Ludovico’s Technique is reversed and, in the 21st chapter (significantly the age of maturity), which was not included in U.S. editions, our anti-hero finds himself less stimulated by a life of orgiastic crime and contemplates turning his life around, and maybe even starting a family. U.S. publishers, to the author’s dismay, rejected the tentative ‘happy ever after’ outcome and insisted on a pessimistic conclusion as being the only credible one. The filmmaker Kubrick, therefore, was not even aware of the alternative until well into the screenplay and, unsurprisingly, was not really attracted by it.

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Currently Reading Well this is one popular book here on Instagram. I have been intrigued by this book since it came out. Needless to say, when I received it for my birthday in January it moved pretty high up my tbr pile. So far I can completely see why people love this one. The characters are I have been consumed by their lives and their thoughts, when I'm not reading this book I'm thinking about it. I can't wait to have time to power through the rest of it (who invented this work thing, it's really getting in the way of my reading life ). Have you read this book? What did you think? #dymocks52challenge

“The world does not deliver meaning to you. You have to make it meaningful...and decide what you want and need and must do. It’s a tough, unimaginably lonely...” - @zadie_smith - - #modernheroes #modernliterature #sheisme #zadiesmith #womensupportwomen #supportblackart #britishart #intersectionality

With everybody posting their #BlackFriday bookstacks or already picking the best book of 2018, I decided to share the souvenirs I have brought from abroad this year Besides magnets, I try to buy books on every trip. This year has not been super active for me, but this is a nice bookhaul I have gathered here! The bottom line is half of the #manbookershortlist2017 and I have read them. On the top are the books I have not read yet, and I am really looking forward to enjoying them. I inscribe every book with the city and year I bought it in, and they are one of the greatest ways for me to keep the memories from travels!❤ #booksinmyhands #bookblog #bookstagram #booklist #booklover #modernliterature #EdwardStAubyn #PatrickMelrose #AnthonyDoerr #AllTheLightWeCannotSee #EmilyFridlund #TheHistoryOfWolves #PaulAuster #4321 #GeorgeSaunders #LincolnInTheBardo #книгивмоихруках #книголюб #мирдолжензнатьчтоячитаю #книжныйчервь #книжныйблог

#shelfiesunday . Howdy! How’s your day been? I’ve had a lovely afternoon eating cake and drinking tea with a friend - we maaaaaay have chatted about books - and I’m settling in to do some reading before having sushi and wine with my sister later. Perfect way to spend a Sunday! . Spot any books you’ve read, or that are on your tbr? These shelves are probably my most eclectic, particularly the bottom shelf; it houses feminist nonfiction, fairytales, Scottish writers, basque writers, classics such as Great Expectations, which is beside Jessica Thummel’s The Cure For Lonely. I was considering changing to have more rigid ‘categories’, but I like the mishmash- it’s a good summary of my attitude to reading in general, which is to read a variety of genres, authors, periods etc. . . #bookstagram #bookworm #bookfiend #bookcollector #bookhoarder #readerlife #bookshelf #shelfie #sundayshelfie #oxfordworldsclassics #penguinmodernclassics #harperperennial #rainbowbooks #rainbowbookshelf #feministliterature #scottishliterature #classicliterature #modernliterature #bookspines #bookpile #bookstack #sarahs89reads

«КОГДА БОГ БЫЛ КРОЛИКОМ» Сара Уинман, ~350 стр ⠀ Книга плавная, как речной поток и неуловимая, как бабочка. ⠀ Следуешь за ней от первой страницы до последней, а мысли и события сменяются и переливаются всеми цветами эмоций. ⠀ Элли, маленькая девочка, которая росла в счастливой семье и разношерстном окружении. ⠀ всегда позитивная мама, боящийся злого рока, удачливый папа, защитник-брат и кролик Бог. немного сумасшедший сосед-еврей, лучшая подруга с копной курчавых волос, ее бесшабашная мама, старый добрый йог, веселая тетя-актриса, добрый позитивный Рыжик. ⠀ Всех их объединяет привязанность к этой семье. Кто-то совершает дурные поступки и навсегда теряет ее, а кто-то проходит с ней сквозь жизнь, оставляя в памяти Элли тепло✨воспоминаний с налетом ностальгии. ⠀ Такой я увидела книгу. ⠀ За судьбу этих героев я переживала. За их неудачи, потери и болезни. ⠀ Правда же создаётся впечатление доброй, уютной повести о неумирающем детстве? ⠀ ⠀ Но еще ни на одну книгу я не читала столько негативных отзывов. ⠀ ⠀ Все обвиняют Сару Уинман в переборе с трагедиями: тут и похищение террористами, и убийство, и педофилия, и рак, и неразделенная любовь, и 9/11, и амнезия. ⠀ Но это жизнь. Это не случается с одним человеком. Каждого посещает хотя бы одна трагедия. Разбросать на всех героев – получается не так уж и много. ⠀ ▪️Но главное, автор не делает из них реальных трагедий. Она просто повествует. С грустинкой, но в тоже время с позитивом. ⠀ Сару обвиняют в обилие персонажей-геев. Брат Элли и его парень. Их тётя. Старый йог. ⠀ Но поменялось ли ваше впечатление о прочитанном от того, что я приписала эти строки? ⠀ Стала ли книга менее трогательной, доброй и тёплой? ⠀ ▪️Лично я, читая, даже не обратила внимание. Все также переживала за их отношения и жизненные перипетии. ⠀ Какая разница КТО персонаж, если у него те же знакомые всем проблемы. ⠀ ❗️Рекомендую, потому что книга лёгкая, повесть живая, а тот микс грусти и счастья выдерживает идеальный жизненный баланс. ⠀ «– Как ты думаешь, а кролик может быть Богом? – Лично я не знаю ни одной причины, по которой кролик не мог бы быть Богом.» ⠀ ❓Кто читал, как вам? Если не читали, прочли бы? ⠀ #kosichkabooks

Seven novels by Eco ➡️ What comes to your mind when you hear "SEVEN BOOKS"? Personally, I don't only think of the #HarryPotter series. What I think of, with increasing pain, is that #UmbertoEco wrote only seven novels. On the other hand - seven whole big books (not equally big, but I will let it go)!!!!! I have read only five of them, but not chronologically, as I meant at first. Each of them was an intellectual pleasure and a breathtaking adventure. If you are still in doubt - just grab any of them asap. Because, judging by my own experience, you are likely to want to reread them, and life is short! Eco managed to write seven novels in his life (beside other numerous things). Will you be able to read them or have you already? О чем вы думаете, когда слышите "СЕМЬ КНИГ"? Мне, как ни странно, приходит в голову не только #ГарриПоттер Со сжимающимся сердцем я думаю о том, что #УмбертоЭко за свою жизнь написал только 7 романов. С другой стороны - целых 7 больших прекрасных романов, из которых два мне еще только предстоит прочитать. Потом можно (и очень нужно) будет перечитывать. И перечитывать... Сколько книг из этой стопки прочитали вы? Если пока ни одной, то скорее хватайте любую! Жизнь всё-таки коротка - хотя надеюсь, что не так коротка, как марафон #mediting_эко @mercilessediting #booksinmyhands #книгивмоихруках #bookstagram #bookblogger #booklover #booknerd #translatedbooks #modernliterature #italianliterature #мирдолжензнатьчтоячитаю #книголюб #книжныйчервь

Lately I have read several non-fiction books (+1 very thick novel) on linguistics and literature, and all of them offer a very wide range of follow-ups: books and researches I want to read. This is one of the ways for me to find out about books of quality and selecting my next reading. #UmbertoEco , #DavidBellos , #PaulAuster , #НораГаль , #ГалинаЮзефович - all of them are on my list of bookish influencers because their books inspire me to broaden my horizons and to read more and wider. It is the best feeling in the world to know that you have so many wonderful things in store!!! And my #booklists keep growing, their contents keep changing places, and my ignorance is yet to be dispelled #booksinmyhands #bookstagram #booklover #nonfiction #modernliterature #classics #booklist #книгивмоихруках #книголюб #книжныйчервь #мирдолжензнатьчтоячитаю #нонфикшн #книжныесписки