Heller : Catch-22 (Vintage Classics)

Catch-22 reprezinta o satira tragica si plina de umor a inevitabilului si a mortii care pandeste si careia, cei mai determinati, incearca sa ii reziste. John Yossarian, pilotul avionului de bombardament B-25, este antieroul si cel prin ochii caruia experienta traumatica si absurda a razboiului este portretizata. John si camarazii sai au ca ultim scop supravietuirea fizica si psihica din infernul unei batalii care nu are castigatori, iar cititorii devin martori tacuti care asista, cu un zambet in coltul gurii, la toata aceasta fuga din fata mortii.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 the tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive.Arguably the best novel to come out of World War II, in which Heller strips away the veneer of martial glory to expose its insanity, and gives our language a new parado