heller joseph bruccoli matthew bucker (11 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Zustand: Good. Reprint. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Zustand: Good. Reprint. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Zustand: Bueno. : 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. EAN: 9780743243742 Tipo: Libros Título: Catch as Catch Can: The Collected Stories And Other Writings Autor: Heller, Joseph Editorial: Simon & Schuster Peso: 522.

First edition. 240 pp w/appendixes. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Years before the publication of 'Catch-22' ('A monumental artifact of contemporary literature' -- 'The New York Times; ' 'An apocalyptic masterpiece' -- 'Chicago Sun-Times; ' 'One of the most bitterly funny works in the language' -- 'The New Republic'), Joseph Heller began sharpening his skills as a writer, searching for the voice that would best express his own peculiarly wry view of the world.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorJoseph Heller was born in Brooklyn in 1923. In 1961, he published Catch-22, which became a bestseller and, in 1970, a film. He went on to write such novels as Good as Gold, God Knows, Picture This, Closing Ti.