Catch-22

by Joseph Heller | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
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Registered by EmgeeNL of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on 5/10/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by EmgeeNL from Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, May 10, 2009
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There was a time when reading Joseph Heller's classic satire on the murderous insanity of war was nothing less than a rite of passage. Echoes of Yossarian, the wise-ass bombardier who was too smart to die but not smart enough to find a way out of his predicament, could be heard throughout the counterculture. As a result, it's impossible not to consider Catch-22 to be something of a period piece. But 40 years on, the novel's undiminished strength is its looking-glass logic. Again and again, Heller's characters demonstrate that what is commonly held to be good, is bad; what is sensible, is nonsense.
Yossarian says, "You're talking about winning the war, and I am talking about winning the war and keeping alive."
"Exactly," Clevinger snapped smugly. "And which do you think is more important?"
"To whom?" Yossarian shot back. "It doesn't make a damn bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead."
"I can't think of another attitude that could be depended upon to give greater comfort to the enemy."
"The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on."
Mirabile dictu, the book holds up post-Reagan, post-Gulf War. It's a good thing, too. As long as there's a military, that engine of lethal authority, Catch-22 will shine as a handbook for smart-alecky pacifists. It's an utterly serious and sad, but damn funny book.

Journal Entry 2 by 1001-library from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Thanks so much for your donation EmgeeNL!

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Journal Entry 3 by EmgeeNL at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Checking out from the library

Journal Entry 4 by EmgeeNL at Exchange/Trade, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, May 9, 2013

Released 10 yrs ago (5/8/2013 UTC) at Exchange/Trade, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases

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The book is on it's way to Lamelemon

Journal Entry 5 by lamelemon at București, Wallachia Romania on Friday, May 17, 2013
Safely picked up this morning from the post office, thanks for sharing! Lovely picture postcard as well :)

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