Heller, Joseph

Catch-22, a novel by Joseph Heller ( Book )
383 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in 9 languages and held by 11,778 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him

Something happened by Joseph Heller ( Book )
123 editions published between 1966 and 2011 in 13 languages and held by 3,852 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bob Slocum, an average, middle-aged man with a good job, slowly becomes more and more unhappy with the routine of his life

Good as Gold by Joseph Heller ( Book )
79 editions published between 1971 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 3,667 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Gold accepts a government post in Washington, considers leaving his wife, and all the while he is also searching for material to write his book on the Jewish experience in America, without realizing he is going through that experience

Closing time : a novel by Joseph Heller ( Book )
37 editions published between 1994 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 3,422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A sequel to Catch-22, the 1961 humorous bestseller about a group of American airmen during World War II. The novel follows many of the same characters in their current escapades--mainly to do with selling defense equipment to the Pentagon. In addition, there are their views on the decline of America

God knows by Joseph Heller ( Book )
73 editions published between 1984 and 2005 in 11 languages and held by 3,071 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
As the Biblical David lies on his death-bed he looks back on his own, crowded life and tells all

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller ( Recording )
65 editions published between 1962 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,080 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy, a bombadier named Yossarian is frantic and furious because thousands of people he hasn't even met keep trying to kill him. He has decided to live forever, even if he has to die in the attempt

Picture this by Joseph Heller ( Book )
40 editions published between 1988 and 2004 in 5 languages and held by 2,053 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

We bombed in New Haven; a play by Joseph Heller ( Book )
42 editions published between 1967 and 1971 in 4 languages and held by 1,613 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Portrait of an artist, as an old man by Joseph Heller ( Book )
26 editions published between 1999 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,533 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

Catch as catch can : the collected stories and other writings by Joseph Heller ( Book )
11 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 1,246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Long before there was a Catch-22, before there was even a Catch-18 (the novel's original title), Joseph Heller had begun sharpening his skills as a writer, searching for the voice that would best express the peculiarly wry view that he held of the world. Starting in 1945, with the publication in Story magazine of the short story "I Don't Love You Anymore," Heller began to reach out to an audience of readers damaged and disillusioned by their experiences during World War II. That story dealt with the return home of an American soldier who was having more than a little trouble adjusting. The stories published following this debut continued to reflect people at odds with the world around them, usually featuring the "little guy," the "underdog," the "average Joe" who beats the odds by surviving in a generally hostile and unwelcoming world. Written in what is termed the "New York Style," his were stories of urban naturalism, realistic and straightforward, emulating the work of such writers as Irwin Shaw, William Saroyan, John O'Hara, and, perhaps most especially, Nelson Algren. For Heller, writing these stories was a part of the learning process, his education on how to get across his own point of view, leading up to the publication of his masterpiece, Catch-22. Of the stories in this collection, thirteen were written before 1961, when Catch-22 was published; of those, five have never before been published. After Catch-22, Heller forsook the short story form. Though five stories were published after 1961, one-"World Full of Great Cities"--Was actually written in 1949; three of the other four are spin-offs of Catch-22, and one is a preview of Closing Time. Rounding out this collection of the complete published short writings of Joseph Heller are a short play and several nonfiction pieces, mostly related to Catch-22