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The Eve of St Venus and The Venus of Ille: A Fantasy about Love and Marriage
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Series: Modern Voices
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ISBN10: 1843914166
ISBN13: 9781843914167
Publisher: Hesperus Pr
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.44 Width: 4.96 Depth: 7.66
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781843914167
Publisher: Hesperus Pr
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.44 Width: 4.96 Depth: 7.66
Language: English
This fascinating early work by Anthony Burgess is a delightful fantasy, blending classical myth and farce. Displaying a high degree of verbal ingenuity and intelligence, Burgess effortlessly plays with ideas to create a riotous comedy that is ultimately a celebration of love and marriage. It is presented here along with the earlier and similarly themed The Venus of Ille, by Prosper Merimee. Ambrose and Diana are to be married. Diana, however, is having last-minute doubts fuelled by her feminist friend and bridesmaid, Julia, while Ambrose inadvertently becomes engaged to the goddess Venus, who has taken possession of the wedding ring. These obstacles present the first in a farcical series of challenges--not only to the impending wedding, but also to the most dearly held preconceptions of Ambrose, Diana, and their wedding guests. In addition to writing novels like A Clockwork Orange and The Earthly Powers, Anthony Burgess was also a composer and critic.
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