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A magician with language,
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This review is from: Nothing like the Sun (Hardcover)
Anthony Burgess had a marvelous agility with language and the words that comprise it. For "A Clockwork Orange," he invented an entire slang lingo, futuristic amalgam of Russian and English -- presupposing a melting-together of the two cultures as the result of some collision prior to the opening of the book. Miraculously, not far in, the reader starts to understand what Alex is saying and a bit further in, becomes able to start thinking in Alex's voice and vocabulary. A remarkable book. Now, about "Nothing Like the Sun." Burgess captures the Bard's voice by blending what is known about Elizabethan English and, of course, Shakespeare's own plays and poetry to create a narration that puts the reader right inside the man's head. Shakespeare scholars no doubt recoil at many of the details Burgess has provided to fit the subject into a novel. But for the non-Shakespeare-scholar, "Nothing Like The Sun" is a delightful, fanciful romp through the Bard's time, locale and personality.
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Nothing Like the Sun by Anthony Burgess (Hardcover - 1991)
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