A Clockwork Orange

4 hrs. 45 min.

Language Russian

Author Anthony Burgess

Narrator Nikolay Kobzev

Description

Our time. A view from 1962. London under the rule of teenage gangs. Violence becomes one of the kinds of sport. For young people, nothing sacred—or simply respected—has remained. Against this grim backdrop unfolds the story of Alex, the leader of one of the youth gangs. An ordinary teenager, a predictable product of society—enjoying murder, robbery, and senseless vandalism. But he has one small peculiarity: he loves and values classical music. And this uncharacteristic passion, in the end, plays a cruel joke on him.

The novel brought Anthony Burgess world fame. In 1971, the great Stanley Kubrick adapted the novel. The film based on “A Clockwork Orange” became a classic of world cinema.