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Inglise kirjanik ja helilooja Anthony Burgess on kõige tuntumaks saanud just oma romaaniga «Kellavärgiga apelsin», kuigi tema avaldatud raamatuid on mitukümmend, lisaks veel kirjandusteaduslikud käsitlused, loengud, sümfooniad, balletid ja ooper. Võib-olla oli selline erakordne viljakus tingitud ka sellest, et 1959. aastal avastasid arstid tal ajukasvaja ning pidasid tõenäoliseks, et tal on elada jäänud vaid aasta. Seda allesjäänud aega, mis kujunes hoopis 35 aasta pikkuseks, kasutas kirjanik ära täiel määral. Käesoleva, originaalis 1962. aastal ilmunud ja peagi kultusromaaniks kujunenud romaani populaarsusele on kindlasti kaasa aidanud Stanley Kubricku film, millega kaasnesid kirglikud vaidlused vägivalla olemuse üle.
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Over the three days it took me to read the story I was continually rewarded with a headache from trying to decipher its God awful slang system, having to Google some of the least used terms when I was just absolutely stuck. It makes the story unapproachable and unnecessary obtuse in flow when you're continually having to either Google what it means or go back and reread for context clues only to find out that Alex was talking about a knife, teeth, money, books, girls, and whatever else comes to text. The theme of nature vs conditioned behavior is nothing special whatsoever. Alex's violent nature makes him irredeemable so to posit that he is willing to turn his life around because he wants to have a kid after he sees one of his former droogs in a Café is just lazy and ridiculous. I don't get it. The opening scene of Kubrick's adaption is great though so there's one positive thing I can say about the text.