Catch As Catch Can - Couverture souple

Heller, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743239792 ISBN 13 : 9780743239790

Editeur : Scribner, 2004

Synopsis

Not many writers introduce a phrase - let alone a whole idea - into the language. In CATCH-22, Joseph Heller invented a motif for the modern world. For that book alone he is one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. But where did the author who was able to create that novel come from? And what happened to those remarkable characters? CATCH AS CATCH CAN for the first time collects early works, previously unpublished stories and lost chapters of CATCH-22 to chart the development of a genius. It also explores the consequences in the later stories of the unforgettable Yossarian, and Heller's non-fiction pieces, in which the author reflects upon his childhood in Coney Island and the novel which shaped everything that was written after it.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn in 1923. He began his career with short stories but won immediate acclaim with CATCH-22 in 1961. He went on to write SOMETHING HAPPENED, GOOD AS GOLD, GOD KNOWS, PICTURE THIS, CLOSING TIME (the sequel to CATCH-22) and PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS AN OLD MAN. Heller died in December 1999.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scribner
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0743239792
• ISBN 13: 9780743239790
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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