Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love-Life
Anthony Burgess
(Author)
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Description
"Nothing Like the Sun" is a magnificent, bawdy telling of Shakespeare's love life. Starting with the young Will, the novel is a romp that follows Will's maturation into sex and writing. It is at the same time a serious look at the forces that midwife art, the effects of time and place, and the ordinariness that is found side by side with the extraordinariness of genius.
Product Details
Price
$25.95
$24.13
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
August 01, 2013
Pages
284
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.2 X 0.8 inches | 0.52 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393346404
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Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917. From 1954 to 1960 he was stationed in Malaysia as an education officer and during this time he started writing The Malayan Trilogy. He was an author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. Diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in 1959, Burgess became a full-time writer and went on to write a book a year up until his death in 1993. His many works include: The Complete Enderby, Tremor of Intent and The Kingdom of the Wicked, as well as works for the stage such as Blooms of Dublin: A Musical Play Based On James Joyce's Ulysses (1986), and an adaptation of his own novel, A Clockwork Orange, produced in 1987.
Reviews
Nothing Like the Sun is a wildly inventive, verbally dazzling attempt to enter the secret chambers of Shakespeare's inner life. Cunning, alert, and deliciously irresponsible, Burgess brilliantly invents a private history of sexual desire and betrayal lurking behind the blank face that looks out from the First Folio.--Stephen Greenblatt
Burgess can remake reality not only in his own writing but also in a new perception of the writings of his subject.-- "New York Times Book Review"
Burgess can remake reality not only in his own writing but also in a new perception of the writings of his subject.-- "New York Times Book Review"