Catch-22
Joseph Heller, 1961
Ιστορικά μυθιστορήματα Κόμικ και χιούμορΛογοτεχνική πεζογραφίαΣύγχρονη πεζογραφία
Ατμόσφαιρα: φόβος, ανησυχία και δέος. Μιλά για την τρέλα, τον πόλεμο και την εξουσία.
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There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane, he had to fly them. If he flew them, he was crazy and didn’t have to; but if he didn’t want to, he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.“That’s some catch, that Catch-22,” he observed.“It’s the best there is,” Doc Daneeka agreed. Βιβλία με παρόμοια αίσθηση
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Ερωτήσεις αναγνωστών
- Πώς είναι το «Catch-22»;
- Ατμόσφαιρα: φόβος, ανησυχία και δέος. Μιλά για την τρέλα, τον πόλεμο και την εξουσία.
- Τι να διαβάσω μετά το «Catch-22»;
- Αν σου άρεσε το «Catch-22», δοκίμασε «The Final Count» (H. C. McNeile), «The Tommyknockers» (Stephen King) και «One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest» (Ken Kesey).
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Μια τόσο αλλόκοτη ιδέα που αρχίζεις να αμφιβάλλεις για τον φίλο σου.
I think it was at that moment that I first began to entertain doubts as to Robin’s sanity. Not that people dining near would have noticed anything amiss with him: his voice was low-pitched and quiet. But the whole idea was so utterly far-fetched and fantastic that I couldn’t help wondering if his brilliant brain hadn’t crossed that tiny bridge which separates genius from insanity. I knew the hideous loathing he had always felt for war: was it possible that continual brooding on the idea had unhinged him?
The Final Count · H. C. McNeile
Τα ονόματα που δίνουμε στα πράγματα δεν τα περιγράφουν πάντα.
“There really isn’t an Altair-4, just as there aren’t really any Tommyknockers. There aren’t any nouns for some things - they just are. Somebody pastes one name on those things in one place, somebody pastes on another someplace else. It’s never a very good name, but it doesn’t matter. You came back from New Hampshire talking about Tommyknockers, so here that’s what we are. We’ve been called other things in other places. Altair-4 has, too. It’s just a place where things get stored. Usually not live things. Attics can be cold, dark places.”
The Tommyknockers · Stephen King
What it means for a story to be true when it never happened.
A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth. For example: Four guys go down a trail. A grenade sails out. One guy jumps on it and takes the blast, but it’s a killer grenade and everybody dies anyway. Before they die, though, one of the dead guys says, “The fuck you do that for?” and the jumper says, “Story of my life, man” and other guys start to smile but he’s dead. That’s a true story that never happened.
The Things They Carried · Tim O'Brien
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