New Releases by Anthony burgess

Himself a well know writer, Burgess traces Hemingway''s life through the world wars, Paris of the 1920s, the Spanish Civil War, and the last years in Cuba. He describes both the compulsive super-masculine braggart and the sensitive literary artist. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The tragedy of Oedipus, who unknowingly slays his father and marries his mother, is one of the mythical cornerstones of Western civilization. Nicholas Rudall''s new translation remains true to Sophocles original text while fashioning a language of grace and power, with contemporary players and theatergoers in mind.

Set in the near future, The Wanting Seed is a Malthusian comedy about the strange world overpopulation will produce.