Kingdom of the Wicked
Who, I ask you, wants to drag his bones out of the earth, reclothed in flesh which, in some foul magic of reversal, is regurgitated by the worms, in order that his eyes may see God? Who, I ask you, wants to live for ever?Sadoc son of Azor, a retired shipping clerk lying diseased and dying on the outreaches of the Roman Empire, sets down for future generations a tale of epic proportions: he is charged with recounting no less an event than the birth of Christianity. And what an account it is - the story of a religion of love, born into the cruelties of the kingdom of the wicked.The Kingdom of the Wicked is one of Anthony Burgess's most ambitiou…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7490-1283-0
- EAN: 9780749012830
- Produktnummer: 13992712
- Verlag: Allison & Busby
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 608 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
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Anthony Burgess (25th February 1917-22nd November 1993) was one of the UK's leading academics and most respected literary figures. A prolific author, Burgess found success as a novelist, critic, composer, playwright, screenwriter, travel writer, essayist, poet and librettist, as well as working as a translator, broadcaster, linguist and educationalist. He is perhaps most famous for the complex and controversial novel A Clockwork Orange, exploring the nature of evil. Born in Manchester, he spent time living in Southeast Asia, the USA and Mediterranean Europe as well as in England, until his death in 1993.
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