 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Anthony Burgess |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Linguistics |
| Publisher | Hutchinson (UK) William Morrow & Co (US) |
Publication date | October 1992 (UK) August 1993 (US) |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 0-09-177415-2 |
| OCLC | 27224188 |
| 420 20 | |
| LC Class | PE1072 .B796 1992 |
A Mouthful of Air: Language and Languages, Especially English is a book on linguistics by Anthony Burgess published in 1992. [1] [2]
Topics covered in the book include:
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Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 — A Personal Choice is an essay by British writer Anthony Burgess, published by Allison & Busby in 1984. It covers a 44-year span between 1939 and 1983. Burgess was a prolific reader, in his early career reviewing more than 350 novels in just over two years for the Yorkshire Post. In the course of his career he wrote more than 30 novels.
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(Francis James) Ronald Bottrall was a Cornish poet. He was praised highly by F.R. Leavis, Anthony Burgess and Martin Seymour-Smith, and deprecated by Ian Hamilton and Martin Amis.
This is a list of works by the English writer Anthony Burgess.
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A Mouthful of Sky is an Indian television series which aired in 1995 on DD National. It was the first serial in English to be produced in India. Aired on DD National and based on the script by Ashok Banker, the serial deals with the lives, loves, ideals and aspirations of the post-independence generation of Indians, people in their mid-thirties who straddle the twin worlds of conventional Indian society as well as the urban westernized ethos.
Megan McDowell is an American literary translator. She principally translates Spanish-language works into English. Originally from Kentucky, she studied English at DePaul University in Chicago. Upon graduation, she worked at the Dalkey Archive Press. She then moved to Chile, moving back to the US after three years to study translation at the UT Dallas. Her first work of translation was Alejandro Zambra's The Private Lives of Trees. Since then, she has collaborated with Zambra on several more books.
A Mouthful of Air is a 2021 American psychological drama film written, directed and produced by Amy Koppelman. It stars Amanda Seyfried, Finn Wittrock, Jennifer Carpenter, Michael Gaston, Amy Irving, and Paul Giamatti.
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