Heller, Joseph

Catch-22, a novel by Joseph Heller ( Book )
110 editions published between 1961 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 788 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A classic novel set in the closing months of World War II - It is used to highlight the madness of twentieth century warfare and the individual's desire to survive it

Sex and the single girl ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1985 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 260 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Snoopy tabloid magazine editor Bob Weston wants to know if author Helen Gurley Brown based her book on, as he believes, personal research. He tries to parley an interview with the author who made headlines and sales. So he decides to get very personal to find out for himself

Now and then : from Coney Island to here by Joseph Heller ( Book )
7 editions published between 1998 and 2004 in English and held by 226 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The demented Army Air Force of Catch-22, the lethal business world of Something Happened, the dysfunctional family of Good as Gold - all these, we have assumed, had their roots in Joseph Heller's own past. Now, more than thirty-five years after the explosion of Catch-22 into the world's consciousness, Heller gives us his life. Here is his Coney Island childhood, down the block from the world's most famous amusement park. It was the height of the Depression, it was a fatherless family, yet little Joey Heller had a terrific time - on the boardwalk, in the ocean (dangerously out of his depth), playing follow-the-leader in and out of local bars, even in school. Then a series of jobs, from delivering telegrams (on his first bike) to working in a navy yard - until Pearl Harbor, the air force, Italy. And after the war, college (undreamed-of before the G.I. Bill), teaching, Madison Avenue, marriage, and - always - writing. And finally the spectacular success of Catch-22, launching one of the great literary careers

Catch-22, a dramatization by Joseph Heller ( Book )
2 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A bomber crew in Italy during WWII is caught in the paradoxes of war

Picture this by Joseph Heller ( Book )
8 editions published between 1988 and 1992 in English and held by 157 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
As Rembrandt is creating his famous painting of Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer, Aristotle is soon able to see and hear. As the masterpiece makes its way through history, Aristotle's complicated mind finds unanswerable dilemmas

Portrait of an artist, as an old man by Joseph Heller ( Book )
6 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In his final novel, Heller, through the personna of Eugene Pota, portrays the life of a novelist whose first novel was his biggest ever but who still feels a need to write yet another and so consults everyone from his agent to his wife, to his editor, to old lovers, and considers the lives and works of many other novelists along the way

Closing time : a novel by Joseph Heller ( Book )
10 editions published between 1994 and 2003 in English and held by 155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Enkele Amerikaanse oorlogsveteranen uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog ontmoeten elkaar na 50 jaar weer: ze houden zich allemaal bezig met absurde kwesties

A portrait of the artist, as an old man by Joseph Heller ( Book )
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Trampa 22 by Joseph Heller ( Book )
18 editions published between 1962 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La acción se desarrolla durante los últimos meses de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y se centra en una escuadrilla de bombarderos estadounidense. El coronel Cathcart, jefe de la escuadrilla, quiere ser ascendido a general. Y no encuentra mejor manera que enviar a sus hombres a realizar las misiones más peligrosas. Con una lógica siniestra, Yossarian, un piloto subordinado de Cathcart que intenta ser eximido del servicio alegando enfermedad mental, recibe por respuesta que sólo los locos aceptan misiones aéreas y que su disgusto demuestra que está sano y que, por tanto, es apto para volar. La evolución psicológica de Yossarian refleja la aguda crítica que hace Joseph Heller de un patriotismo mal entendido, el cual exige sacrificios inadmisibles. Trampa 22, que se convirtió en el libro de cabecera del movimiento pacifista de los años sesenta, constituye un modelo de humor negro y absurdo en la literatura estadounidense.--Desde la descripción de la editorial

No laughing matter by Joseph Heller ( Book )
8 editions published between 1986 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 81 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book is an inspiring, hilarious memoir of calamitous illness and the rocky road to recuperation