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Günther Danehl

    Good as Gold
    Under Western Eyes
    Lo sa Dio
    Comma 22
    Der Verdammte der Inseln Almayers Wahn
    • Limitato a 50 anni dalla prima pubblicazione, "Hlava XXII" è il primo e più celebre romanzo di Joseph Heller, un'opera iconica contro la guerra. Il libro racconta le disavventure del protagonista Yossarian e della sua squadriglia di bombardieri, impegnati in missioni con successo alterno in diverse città italiane. Heller offre una critica spietata della macchina militare, rappresentata da ufficiali cinici e ambiziosi, rivelando l'assurdità della guerra attraverso un racconto grottesco e surreale. Basato sulle esperienze personali dell'autore, il romanzo anticipa le posizioni pacifiste che, qualche anno dopo, sarebbero state amplificate dalla guerra del Vietnam, specialmente tra le giovani generazioni. Con uno stile che ricorda vagamente "Le avventure del buon soldato Švejk" di Hašek, Heller riesce a trasmettere un messaggio profondo e provocatorio sulla follia della guerra e le sue conseguenze.

      Comma 221994
      4,0
    • The story traces the experiences of Razumov, a young Russian student of philosophy who is uninvolved in politics or protest. Against his will he finds himself caught up in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing directed against the Tsarist authorities. He is pulled in different directions - by his conscience and his ambitions, by powerful opposed political forces, but most of all by personal emotions he is unable to suppress.

      Under Western Eyes1982
      3,7
    • Good as Gold

      • 488pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      Bruce Gold, a middle-aged, Jewish professor of English literature, finds himself on the brink of a golden career in politics -- and not a moment too soon, as Gold yearns for an opportunity to transform a less-than-picture-perfect life: His children think little of him, his intimidating father endlessly bullies him, and his wife is so oblivious that she doesn't even notice he's left her. As funny as it is sad, Good as Gold is a story of children grown up, parents grown old, and friends and lovers grown apart -- a story that is inimitably Heller.

      Good as Gold1980
      3,4