BURGESS, ANTHONY (1917 - 1993)
BURGESS, ANTHONY (1917 - 1993)
BURGESS, ANTHONY (1917 - 1993)
The wanting seed
Penguin, London. 1973. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 216 pp. 11 x 18 x 1¾ cm. 138 gr. ISBN-10 0140035524. Cover design by Peter Bentley. The author's tenth novel, set in a dystopian future and published immediately after 'A Clockwork Orange'.In a world where food and living space are difficult to come by, procreation is discouraged in favour of pederasty, a state of affairs eventually leading to revolt, after which "Anarchy, copulation and cannibalism grip the land--and the phoniest yet most vile of all wars is staged as a final solution." Pages browned. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.
Booknumber: 15890
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BURGESS, ANTHONY (1917 - 1993)
The Eve of Saint Venus
W.W. Norton & Co, New York. 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. Half cloth binding. Dustjacket mylar-sleeved. 137 pp. 15¼ x 21¾ x 2¼ cm. 378 gr. ISBN-10 39306802X. Illustrated By Edward Pagram. Near fine dustjacket. Unmarked excellent copy.
Booknumber: 11114
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BURGESS, ANTHONY (1917 - 1993)
You've had your time. The second part of the confessions.
Grove Weidenfeld, New York. 1991. First American Edition. First printing (full number line). Hardcover. Half cloth binding. Price unclipped dustjacket (original price intact $ 23.50). xi, 403 pp. 16½ x 24 x 3½ cm. 788 gr. Jacket design by Carin Goldberg. Jacket photgraph by Martine Franck (Magnum Photos). ISBN-10 0-8021-1405-9. ISBN-13 978-0-8021-1405-1. You've had your time begins as its author returns from Malaya in 1959 to a diagnosis that he has only a year to live. And it ends in 1982 with the centenary celebrations of James Joyce's birth, which prompt the author to certain conclusions about the relationship between literature and life. Faced with his death sentence, Burgess begins to write - novels, film scripts television series, articles - desperate to earn a living through the written word and provide succor to the woman he fears will be his widow. At first the writing brings little success, but with the explosion of A clockwork orange (and consequent calls for him to comment on violent atrocities of all sorts), the obligations of celebrity begin to interfere with the writing. Vast Hollywood projects are destined to evaporate, the critics snarl at his novels, his journalism scandalizes the morally scrupulous, and his wife refuses to quit drinking until the inevitable end. With a second marriage that brings him a four-year-old son, and with critical praise for Earthly powers after a long barren period, comes a triumphant rebirth of sex, creative energy, and travel. Laced with incomparable vignettes (Borges and Burgess conducting a conversation in Anglo-Saxon, for instance), You've had your time is as varied and hectic as the nomadic literary life it discribes. Rarely has a writer exposed his inner life so completely, and rarely has a writer's life been described with such vigor, polymathic humor, and verve for language. The result is a remarkable story, remarkably told, by a remarkable man. Binding is tight, spine fully intact. Dustjacket is in as new condition, contains no tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Excellent copy.
Booknumber: 11117
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