New Releases by Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller is the author of Ardil-22 (2025), Algo ha pasado (2022), Trampa 22 / Catch 22 (2020), Zavíráme! (2016), Bůh ví (2016), Madde 22 (2012).

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Ardil-22

release date: May 26, 2025
Ardil-22
Um marco da literatura dos Estados Unidos e um dos mais engraçados – e celebrados – livros do século XX, Ardil-22 é uma sátira da guerra com uma dose perturbadora de realidade. Yossarian não quer voar em mais uma missão sequer. Já foram mais de cinquenta, e o número não para de aumentar. Ele pode, é claro, pedir ao médico do 256o Esquadrão de Combate uma liberação. E o médico pode, é claro, liberá-lo. Porém – sempre tem um porém –, só alguém insano pode ser liberado de completar missões. Afinal, quem se coloca em risco de morte em uma guerra só pode ser considerado louco. Contudo, qualquer um que pedisse liberação estaria em pleno domínio de suas faculdades mentais. Ou seja, estaria apto a completar outras missões. Esse é o ardil-22. Ambientada na ilha de Pianosa, na Itália, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, esta é a história do incomparável e fingido capitão Yossarian, um "herói" de guerra que está convencido de que querem matá-lo. Quem? Todos que estão do outro lado da guerra, ora. Mas quem dera seu problema fosse apenas o inimigo. Enquanto tenta sobreviver a novas missões, seu próprio Exército criou um inferno burocrático com o ardil-22, do qual é impossível escapar, algo que Yossarian está mais do que disposto a fazer. Com vida, de preferência. Um clássico da literatura contemporânea, Ardil-22 entrelaça comédia e tragédia, com grandes doses de um humor que nasce do absurdo que é a máquina de guerra. Publicado em 1961, o livro não se tornou um best-seller de imediato, mas, ao longo do tempo, transformou-se em um verdadeiro fenômeno cultural até alcançar a lista de mais vendidos, ter seu título dicionarizado – "uma situação problemática cuja única solução é negada pela circunstância inerente ao problema ou por uma regra", segundo o Merriam-Webster – e ganhar uma adaptação cinematográfica, além de uma série de TV. " Ardil-22 é um livro engraçado – engraçado de um jeito inclemente, implacável e impiedoso." – The New York Times

Algo ha pasado

release date: Oct 13, 2022
Algo ha pasado
Un gran clásico americano sobre el estilo de vida estadounidense y la cultura del trabajo de los años sesenta. Con prólogo de Rodrigo Fresán. «¿Es bueno este libro? Sí. Su estilo es espléndido e hipnótico». Kurt Vonnegut Joseph Heller, abrumado por la expectativa que había generado Trampa 22, su primera novela, publicada en 1961, tardó trece años en escribir Algo ha pasado. Confiaba tanto en la historia que iba escondiendo borradores por todo Manhattan para que el manuscrito estuviera a salvo si algún día se incendiaba su apartamento. Sus paranoias no fueron en vano: décadas después de su publicación, sigue resonando como «la Gran Novela Americana de la Familia y la Oficina», tal y como la define Rodrigo Fresán en el extraordinario prólogo de esta nueva edición. Esta novela relata la historia de Bob Slocum, un hombre de mediana edad con una vida aparentemente envidiable. Tiene una bonita casa en Connecticut, una esposa atractiva y tres hijos, además de un importante cargo en una empresa y un harén de amantes por toda Manhattan. Pero pese a encarnar la idea misma del ejecutivo exitoso, todo le genera angustia: la amenaza de ser degradado de su empleo, el odio por recibir órdenes o el desmoronamiento de su familia son temores que le empujan a una espiral de desasosiego que solo terminará cuando afronte una verdad ineludible, algo que no quiere saber pero que le acecha desde hace tiempo. En esta espiral de locura de un antihéroe que lucha por escapar de sí mismo, Heller compone un desgarrado solo de voz que se ha convertido con el tiempo en una obra maestra de la literatura. Críticas: «¿Es bueno este libro? Sí. Su estilo es espléndido e hipnótico. Es cristalino y afilado como un diamante. La concentración y la paciencia del Sr. Heller son tan evidentes en cada página que uno solo puede decir que Algo ha pasado es precisamente lo que él esperaba que fuera en todos los aspectos». Kurt Vonnegut, The New York Times Book Review «La gran tragedia del mundo moderno puede ser el contraste entre las causas aparentemente proliferativas de la infelicidad humana y nuestra aplastante incapacidad para abordar esas causas. Pocas novelas expresan esta realidad tan agradable o compleja como Algo ha pasado. En una época dominada por cuestiones de simpatía e inocencia, el libro de Heller debería convertirse en una lectura obligatoria». Carmen Petaccio, Los Angeles Review of Books «Slocum es sintomático de su época: lleno de preocupaciones de los pies a la cabeza, con una conciencia podrida. Lo conocemos demasiado bien y es ese factor de reconocimiento lo que cuenta, junto con la valentía, la experiencia y el gancho acumulativo del libro... Sea como sea, el libro de Heller será leído y leído y releído». Kirkus Review «Es como el viejo dicho sobre los juegos de póquer: si miras alrededor de la mesa y no puedes decir quién va a perder, es que eres tú el perdedor. La verdad devasta a Slocum y al lector». Nick Davis, The Wall Street Journal

Trampa 22 / Catch 22

release date: Mar 23, 2020
Trampa 22 / Catch 22
Un clásico moderno absolutamente rompedor sobre el sinsentido de la guerra en una nueva edición con prólogo de Laura Fernández. Trampa-22 es uno de los mejores libros del siglo xx y ha sido recientemente adaptado como miniserie televisiva protagonizada por George Clooney y Christopher Abott. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en el hospital de la base norteamericana de una minúscula isla italiana, un piloto de bombardero llamado Yossarian finge estar loco. Quiere evitar a toda costa perder la vida en su próxima misión aérea y regresar a casa. ¿Por qué demonios intentan todos matarle desde abajo?, se pregunta cada vez que lanza una bomba. Yossarian intenta demostrar que está loco pero cae en la «trampa 22»: una absurda y perversa regla militar que afirma que aquellos que alegan locura para no ir a la guerra son los más cuerdos. Y si estás cuerdo, estás sano, así que... ¡no te queda otra! Publicada originalmente en 1961, Trampa 22 es sin lugar a dudas una de las obras maestras más divertidas y celebradas de todos los tiempos y una piedra angular de la tradición literaria norteamericana, que le ha valido estar en las listas de los mejores libros del siglo xx. El lector se sumergirá en una ráfaga de situaciones absurdas y diálogos delirantes que subrayan la estupidez de la guerra y del ser humano. Y es que «el infierno somos, y hemos sido siempre, nosotros», apunta Laura Fernández en el prólogo. «Si iba a describir un infierno, sería uno rabiosamente divertido. Porque así de ridículo es el mundo. [...] para que esta humanidad trate de aprender algo de sí misma.» ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The novel is set during World War II, from 1942 to 1944. It mainly follows the life of Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier. Most of the events in the book occur while the fictional 256th Squadron is based on the island of Pianosa, in the Mediterranean Sea, west of Italy. The novel looks into the experiences of Yossarian and the other airmen in the camp, who attempt to maintain their sanity while fulfilling their service requirements so that they may return home

Zavíráme!

release date: Jan 01, 2016
Zavíráme!
V románu Zavíráme! z roku 1994 se Joseph Heller po třiatřiceti letech vrátil k postavám z Hlavy XXII. Jejich životy se chýlí ke konci stejně jako celé 20. století a za generací, která bojovala ve druhé světové válce, pomalu padá černá opona. Yossariana, Mila Minderbindera, kaplana, Sammyho či Lewa spojují minulé zážitky, ale i jen těžko hledaný klid a pokročilý věk; teď už se nepotýkají s Němci, ale s vyhlídkou nevyhnutelného konce. Román Zavíráme! v satirické nadsázce zobrazuje skutečnou Ameriku půl století po druhé světové válce, i otřepané mýty, v nichž se vzhlíží. Absurditu tehdejší politiky, úpadek společnosti a velkoměst, chamtivost a pokrytectví, jež korumpují podnikání i kulturu, zachycuje Heller se stejně sžíravým vtipem, jaký čtenáři znají z Hlavy XXII. Zavíráme! je divoce humorná a zároveň hluboce závažná kniha. Jako v zrcadlovém bludišti se v ní v groteskní deformaci, ale zároveň prapodivně přesně ukazuje pravda o nás samých.

SOMETHING HAPPENED

release date: Sep 07, 2011
SOMETHING HAPPENED
Bob Slocum was living the American dream. He had a beautiful wife, three lovely children, a nice house...and all the mistresses he desired. He had it all -- all, that is, but happiness. Slocum was discontent. Inevitably, inexorably, his discontent deteriorated into desolation until...something happened. Something Happened is Joseph Heller's wonderfully inventive and controversial second novel satirizing business life and American culture. The story is told as if the reader was overhearing the patter of Bob Slocum's brain -- recording what is going on at the office, as well as his fantasies and memories that complete the story of his life. The result is a novel as original and memorable as his Catch-22.

Portrait Of The Artist As An Old Man

release date: Aug 18, 2011
Portrait Of The Artist As An Old Man
Imagine an author who has become a legend in his own lifetime - all because of the novel he wrote in the first flush of youth. Novelist Eugene Pota is a cultural icon of the twentieth century, struggling to write what will be the last novel of his career. But what to write about when, like so many noted authors before him, all of Pota's output since that first, landmark novel has been scrutinized and dissected - and found wanting? PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, AS AN OLD MAN follows Pota's efforts to settle on a subject for his final work. In his search, Heller - through Pota - pays homage to his favourite authors and discusses the problems that have plagued so many writers whose later works failed to live up to the successes of their first: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, Jack London, Joseph Conrad, to name but a few. It is a rare and enthralling look into the artist's search for creativity, a search that comes at a point in life when impotence - both sexual and spiritual - has become a frustrating fact. Joseph Heller must have known that this would be his final novel; it stands as a fitting testament to the life and works of a leading light in modern literature.

Catch As Catch Can

release date: Jul 07, 2011
Catch As Catch Can
Not many writers introduce a phrase - let alone a whole idea - into the language. In CATCH-22, Joseph Heller invented a motif for the modern world. For that book alone he is one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. But where did the author who was able to create that novel come from? And what happened to those remarkable characters? CATCH AS CATCH CAN for the first time collects early works, previously unpublished stories and lost chapters of CATCH-22 to chart the development of a genius. It also explores the consequences in the later stories of the unforgettable Yossarian, and Heller's non-fiction pieces, in which the author reflects upon his childhood in Coney Island and the novel which shaped everything that was written after it.

Trampa 22

release date: Mar 01, 2007
Trampa 22
La acción se desarrolla durante los últimos meses de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y se centra en una escuadrilla de bombarderos estadounidense. El coronel Cathcart, jefe de la escuadrilla, quiere ser ascendido a general. Y no encuentra mejor manera que enviar a sus hombres a realizar las misiones más peligrosas. Con una lógica siniestra, Yossarian, un piloto subordinado de Cathcart que intenta ser eximido del servicio alegando enfermedad mental, recibe por respuesta que sólo los locos aceptan misiones aéreas y que su disgusto demuestra que está sano y que, por tanto, es apto para volar. La evolución psicológica de Yossarian refleja la aguda crítica que hace Joseph Heller de un patriotismo mal entendido, el cual exige sacrificios inadmisibles. Trampa 22, que se convirtió en el libro de cabecera del movimiento pacifista de los años sesenta, constituye un modelo de humor negro y absurdo en la literatura estadounidense.--Desde la descripción de la editorial.

Catch 22

release date: Jan 01, 2006
Catch 22
"Catch 22, l'Article 22, est un " attrape-nigaud " qui permet à un colonel américain d'imposer un nombre de missions sans cesse croissant à son escadrille de bombardiers basée dans une petite île de la Méditerranée pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Yossaran, héros tragicomique de cette épopée burlesque, est décidé à tout tenter pour sauver sa peau : il estime que sa seule mission, quand il s'envole, consiste à atterrir vivant. Simuler la folie dans cet univers délirant lui paraît le meilleur moyen de tirer au flanc. Hélas, l'Article 22 stipule : " Quiconque veut se dispenser d'aller au feu n'est pas réellement fou. " Cette première œuvre de Joseph Heller compte parmi les meilleurs romans américains de l'après-guerre." [résumé éditeur]

No Laughing Matter

release date: Dec 15, 2004
No Laughing Matter
An uproarious and frank memoir of illness and recovery, No Laughing Matter is a story of friendship and recuperation from the author of the classic Catch-22. It all began one typical day in the life of Joe Heller. He was jogging four miles at a clip these days, working on his novel God Knows, coping with the complications of an unpleasant divorce, and pigging out once or twice a week on Chinese food with cronies like Mel Brooks, Mario Puzo, and his buddy of more than twenty years, Speed Vogel. He was feeling perfectly fine that day—but within twenty-four hours he would be in intensive care at Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital. He would remain hospitalized for nearly six months and leave in a wheelchair. Joseph Heller had Guillain-Barré syndrome, a debilitating, sometimes fatal condition that can leave its victims paralyzed from head to toe. The clan gathered immediately. Speed—sometime artist, sometime businessman, sometime herring taster, and now a coauthor—moved into Joe's apartment as messenger, servant, and shaman. Mel Brooks, arch-hypochondriac of the Western world, knew as much about Heller's condition as the doctors. Mario Puzo, author of the preeminent gangster novel of our time, proved to be the most reluctant man ever to be dragged along on a hospital visit. These and lots of others rallied around the sickbed in a show of loyalty and friendship that not only built a wild and spirited camaraderie but helped bring Joe Heller, writer and buddy extraordinaire, through his greatest crisis. This book is an inspiring, hilarious memoir of a calamitous illness and the rocky road to recuperation—as only the author of Catch-22 and the friend who helped him back to health could tell it. No Laughing Matter is as wacky, terrifying, and greathearted as any fiction Joseph Heller ever wrote.

Picture This

release date: Mar 24, 2000
Picture This
"As Rembrandt is creating his famous painting of Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer, Aristotle is soon able to see and hear. As the masterpiece makes its way through history, Aristotle's complicated mind finds unanswerable dilemmas."--

Portrét starého umelca

release date: Jan 01, 2000

Now and Then

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Now and Then
In this memoir, Joseph Heller takes the reader on a journey back to his upbringing in a poor, predominantly Jewish neighbourhood in Coney Island, through his World War II experiences as a bombadier in the US Air Force in Italy, to his current life as an internationally acclaimed author.

God Knows

release date: Nov 12, 1997
God Knows
As the Biblical David lies on his death-bed he looks back on his own, crowded life and tells all.

Good as Gold

release date: Jan 01, 1997
Good as Gold
Dr. Bruce Gold, a forty-eight-year-old Jewish professor of English, faces the possibilities of being appointed to a high State Department position and being disowned by his family.

Gut wie Gold

release date: Jan 01, 1995

Tempo scaduto

release date: Jan 01, 1995

Closing Time

release date: Jan 01, 1994
Closing Time
A sequel to Catch-22, the 1961 humorous bestseller about a group of American airmen during World War II. The novel follows many of the same characters in their current escapades--mainly to do with selling defense equipment to the Pentagon. In addition, there are their views on the decline of America.

Ostatni rozdział

release date: Jan 01, 1994

Conversations with Joseph Heller

release date: Jan 01, 1993
Conversations with Joseph Heller
Collections of interviews with notable modern writers

Namaluj to

release date: Jan 01, 1992

Body Wise

release date: Jan 01, 1991
Body Wise
Hellerwork connects life issues and natural bodily alignment and restores the body's natural balance from the inside out.
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