Heller, Joseph

Catch as catch can : the collected stories and other writings by Joseph Heller( 图书 )
12 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in 英语 and 法语 and held by 1,215 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.

Conversations with Joseph Heller by Joseph Heller( 图书 )
4 editions published in 1993 in 英语 and held by 359 libraries worldwide
Spanning three decades of his literary career, from Catch-22 to comments on the Persian Gulf War, Conversations with Joseph Heller contains a selection of the most significant, informative, and interesting interviews with one of America's foremost novelists. In these interviews Heller reveals his interest in the structure, effects, and themes of his works, his satirical purposes, the influences upon him, his writing methods, his political opinions, and a host of other topics that challenge and engage his lively and reflective mind. Included here are interviews from student newspapers and university magazines, one interview previously not published, and two highly comic "anti-interviews" with close friends Mel Brooks and George Mandel.

Catch-22( visu )
35 editions published between 1963 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 261 libraries worldwide
"The story of a group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944"--Excerpted from case.

We bombed in New Haven [a play by Joseph Heller( 图书 )
17 editions published between 1967 and 1972 in 4 languages and held by 248 libraries worldwide

Sex and the single girl( visu )
1 edition published in 2009 in 英语 and held by 199 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.

We bombed in New Haven : a play in two acts by Joseph Heller( 图书 )
1 edition published in 1969 in 英语 and held by 158 libraries worldwide

Now and then : a memoir from Coney Island to here by Joseph Heller( 图书 )
9 editions published between 1998 and 2004 in 英语 and held by 94 libraries worldwide

Theatre of the absurd Luigi Pirandello, Six characters in search of an author( visu )
3 editions published between 1976 and 1982 in 英语 and held by 89 libraries worldwide
An abridged presentation in English of Pirandello's play in which six characters seek to exchange their fixed, frozen form in art for the uncertainty of life.

A world of ideas. Writers( visu )
1 edition published in 2010 in 英语 and held by 78 libraries worldwide
In wide-ranging conversations, thirteen celebrated literary figures from six nations discuss their work, politics, morals, and the future of American society.

Catch as catch can by Joseph Heller( 图书 )
3 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in 英语 and 波兰语（Polish） and held by 77 libraries worldwide