内容简介
AttheheartofJosephHeller'sbestsellingnovel,firstpublishedin1961,isasatiricalindicementofmilitarymadnessandstupidity,andthedesireoftheordinarymantosurviveit.ItisataleofthedangerouslysaneCaptainYossarian,whospendshistimeinItalyplottingtosurvive.
作者简介
JosephHellerwasbornin1923inBrooklyn,NewYork.HeservedasabombardierintheSecondWorldWarandthenattendedNewYorkUniversityandColumbiaUniversityandthenOxford,thelastonaFullbrightscholarship.HethentaughtfortwoyearsatPennsylvaniaStateUniversity,beforereturningtoNewYork,wherehebeganasuccessfulcareerintheadvertisingdepartmentsofTime,LookandMcCall'smagazines.ItwasduringthistimethathehadtheideaforCatch-22.Workingonthenovelinsparemomentsandeveningsathome,ittookhimeightyearstocompleteandwasfirstpublishedin1961.Hissecondnovel,SomethingHappenedwaspublishedin1974,GoodAsGoldin1979andClosingTimein1994.HeisalsotheauthoroftheplayWeBombedinNewHaven.JosephHellerisanhonoraryfellowofSt.Catherine'sCollege,Oxford,whichhevisitsperiodicallytomeetstudentswhoarewritingfiction.HelivesinEastHampton,NewYork
