by Anthony Burgess · labutxaca · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499308463
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«La taronja mecànica» is Anthony Burgess's dystopian science fiction novel, published by labutxaca in paperback (272 pages, in Catalan).
In a dystopian future, young Alex leads a gang that spreads terror through robberies and extreme violence. Arrested, he is subjected to a state rehabilitation programme that questions the price of freedom. The satire is completed with 'nadsat', the artificial dialect created by Anthony Burgess for his young characters.
Catalan translation by Jordi Arbonés Montull, with a prologue by Quim Monzó. Work originally published in English in 1962 as 'A Clockwork Orange' and known in Spanish as «La naranja mecánica».
For readers of modern classics and dystopian science fiction, and for those who want to discover the work that inspired Stanley Kubrick's film.
John Anthony Burgess Wilson was an English writer and composer.
