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CATCH-22
de HELLER, Joseph
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Fine in slipcase without dustwrapper, as issued
- Librería
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1994). Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in slipcase without dustwrapper, as issued. One of 750 numbered and SIGNED copies of this classic with a new preface by Heller. Published in 1994 to coincide with the publication of its sequel, CLOSING TIME, and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original publication.
Sinopsis
Catch-22 is Joseph Heller’s first novel and his most acclaimed work. Set during World War II, the novel uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration, mainly focusing on the life of Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier. Occasionally, the narrator also shows us how other characters, such as the chaplain or Hungry Joe, experience the world around them. As the novel’s events are described from the different points of view through separate out-of-sequence storylines, the timeline of Catch-22 develops along with the plot. The novel's title refers to a plot device that is repeatedly invoked in the story. Catch-22 starts as a set of paradoxical requirements whereby airmen mentally unfit to fly did not have to, but could not actually be excused. By the end of the novel, the phrase is invoked as the explanation for many unreasonable restrictions. “Catch-22” has since entered the English language and can be understood as an unsolvable logic puzzle, a difficult situation from which there is no escape. Upon publication, the book was not a best seller in the United States. It was merely a cult favorite until the publication of the paperback edition in 1962, which set record sales — most likely benefitting from a national debate about the pointlessness of the Vietnam War. Catch-22 has since been ranked as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library, one of the 20th century's top 100 novels by the Radcliffe Publishing Course, and one of the 100 greatest novels of all time by The Observer.
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- Librería
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 014149
- Título
- CATCH-22
- Autor
- HELLER, Joseph
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine in slipcase without dustwrapper, as issued
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Limited Edition
- Editorial
- Simon & Schuster
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- (1994)
- Palabras clave
- Signed, Modern Firsts, High Spots, Joseph Heller, Modern First Editions, Limited, Movie Fiction, First Book, First Books
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Movie Fiction; First Book;
Términos de venta
Charles Agvent
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Sobre el vendedor
Charles Agvent
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
Sobre Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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