Joseph Heller was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He served as a bombardier in the Second World War and then attended New York University and Columbia University and then Oxford, the last on a Fullbright scholarship. He then taught...

Joseph Heller was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He served as a bombardier in the Second World War and then attended New York University and Columbia University and then Oxford, the last on a Fullbright scholarship. He then taught...

Endzeit von Heller, Joseph

"Rembrandt war 47 und sah dem Ruin ins Gesicht" von Joseph Heller ist eine faszinierende Darstellung des Lebens und der Karriere des berühmten Malers Rembrandt van Rijn. Das Buch beginnt, als Rembrandt 47 Jahre alt ist und sich am Rand...

Was geschah mit Slocum?

Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn, New York, 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 Something Happened, God Knows, Picture This, Closing Time (the...

"Catch-22" von Joseph Heller ist ein satirischer Roman, der während des Zweiten Weltkriegs spielt. Die Geschichte folgt Captain John Yossarian, einem amerikanischen Bomberpiloten, der verzweifelt versucht, seine Militäraufgaben zu...

Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn, New York, 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 Something Happened, God Knows, Picture This, Closing Time (the...

"Endzeit" von Joseph Heller ist ein satirischer Roman, der sich mit den Themen Krieg, Bürokratie und menschliche Absurdität auseinandersetzt. Der Protagonist, Bob Slocum, arbeitet in einem großen amerikanischen Unternehmen und kämpft mit...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD JACOBSON 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...

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...

Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn, New York, 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 Something Happened, God Knows, Picture This, Closing Time (the...