Now And Then: A Memoir: From Coney Island To Here

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Now And Then: A Memoir: From Coney Island To Here
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Joseph Heller
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 130
Category/GenreBiographies:General
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780743240086
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General
Edition Reissue

Publishing Details

Publisher Simon & Schuster
Imprint Simon & Schuster
Publication Date 1 March 2004
Publication Country United States

Description

Joseph Heller takes us on a fascinating journey back to his upbringing in a poor Jewish neighbourhood in Coney Island, through his World War II experiences as a bombardier in the American Air Force, to his life as an internationally acclaimed author. He tells of his tough upbringing during the Depression, and of the affection he retained for the kitsch, ragged, down market Coney Island of his youth. He describes, in intimate detail, his first love Luciana, and writes about the people and events, both tragic and hilarious, he was to translate into such memorable characters as Milo Minderbinder, The Chaplain, Major Major Major Major and the unforgettable Yossarian. In NOW AND THEN we are afforded a privileged insight into the mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest literary talents.

Author Biography

Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn in 1923. In 1961, he published Catch-22, which became a bestseller and, in 1970, a film. He went on to write such novels as Good as Gold, God Knows, Picture This, Closing Time, and Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man. Heller died in 1999.