Presents the tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive. This novel is a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it.[...]
At the heart of Joseph Heller's bestselling novel, first published in 1961, is a satirical indicement of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it. It is a tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive.[...]
Set in Italy during World War II, this title tells the story of a bombardier named Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. It offers a satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.[...]
Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novel's strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage. Set in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because tho[...]
Yossarian og kameratene tilbringer hverdagen på et militærsykehus i Italia. Utenfor er det krig, og så snart Yossarian blir frisk, skal han tilbake for å kjempe. En antikrigsbok med svart humor, der tittelen er blitt et uttrykk for en uløselig situasjon på grunn av iboende, ulogiske regler ell[...]
Bob Slocum was a promising executive. He had an attractive wife, three children, a nice house, and as many mistresses as he desired. His life was settled and ordered; he had conformed and society demanded he be happy - or at least pretend to be, but the pretence was becoming more and more difficult,[...]
Fifty years after its original publication, "Catch-22 "remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest--and most celebrated--books of all time. In recent years it has been named to "best novels" lists by "Time, Newsweek, "the Modern Library, and the London "Observer." Set in Ita[...]
Catch-22 is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is totally original. Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off Italy, [...]
A darkly comic and ambitious sequel to the American classic "Catch-22."
In "Closing Time, " Joseph Heller returns to the characters of "Catch-22, " now coming to the end of their lives and the century, as is the entire generation that fought in World War II: Yossarian and Milo Minderbin[...]
Revisiting many of the characters of "Catch-22", Joseph Heller's "Closing Time" is a darkly funny depiction of the moral collapse of the Western world. It features ageing versions of Yossarian, Milo and Sammy Singer and others fighting not the Germans, but "The End".[...]
At the heart of Joseph Heller's bestselling novel, first published in 1961, is a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it. It is a tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive. Yossari[...]
THROUGHOUT ERICA HELLER'S LIFE, when people learned that Joseph Heller was her father, they often remarked, "How terrific " But was there a catch? Like his most famous work, her father was a study in contradictions: eccentric, brilliant, and voracious, but also mercurial, competitive, and stubborn, [...]
Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest and most celebrated books of all time. In recent years it has been named to best novels lists by Time, Newsweek, the Modern Library, and the London Observer.
Set in Italy dur[...]
Like his most famous work, Joseph Heller was a study in contradictions: eccentric, brilliant, and voracious, but also mercurial, competitive, and stubborn, with a love of mischief that sometimes cut too close to the bone. Yossarian Slept Here is a daughter's mordantly funny, poignant, and incisive m[...]
A burlesque epic in the tradition of The Goo d Soldier Schweik, Catch-22 exposes the absurdity of war by applying its own demented logic to America''s involvement in Korea. '[...]
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Klassisk satir om krigets meningslöshet
Moment 22 berättar om en amerikansk bombplansdivision på en ö i Medelhavet under andra världskrigets sista månader. Om piloterna och bombfällarna - en samling mycket särpräglade individer - om deras lössläppta leverne under permissionern[...]
Moderna utländska klassiker
Att vara människa, oavsett epok eller ursprungVårens klassikerbox från Repris innehåller fem moderna utländska klassiker från några av våra mest älskade författare. Glaskupan av Sylvia Plath, Moment 22 av Joseph Heller, Älskaren av Marguerite Duras,[...]
Klassisk satir om krigets meningslöshet
Moment 22 berättar om en amerikansk bombplansdivision på en ö i Medelhavet under andra världskrigets sista månader. Om piloterna och bombfällarna - en samling mycket särpräglade individer - om deras lössläppta leverne under permissionern[...]
The heavily illustrated stand-alone companion book to the internationally best-selling Last Apprentice series, the series that inspired the forthcoming major motion picture Seventh Son. The Spook's Bestiary is your guidebook to the supernatural, terrifying creatures of the dark: Learn what to do if [...]
Published in 1961, this book presents a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it. It is the tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive.[...]
From the author of two of our most legendary novels, Catch-22 and Something
Happened, comes a slyly funny, vastly revelatory memoir that is at once a loving
evocation of a lost America and an exploration of the frontier where life turns
into literature.
No[...]