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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Portrait of the Artist, as an Old Manby Joseph Heller
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Imagine that the novelist — his name here is Eugene Pota — realizes that the days are dwindling and he needs to come up with one more novel. But what should he write? That first novel, the one that launched him, the one that made him into the cultural icon he seems fated to remain, has become a touchstone for his life, and his life since has pretty much been a critical failure. And now, when he is faced with the compulsion to write one more novel, to take a stab at the even bigger one, what should it be? Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man follows the journey that Eugene Pota undertakes as he sifts through the detritus of his life in an effort to settle on a subject for his final work. He talks to everyone, including his wife, his old lovers, and his editor. While everyone has ideas, no one offers any real answers. Written with sections that alternate between Pota's real-life efforts to settle on what novel to write and his many and various false starts writing that novel, Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man is a rare and enthralling look into the artist's search for creativity. Review:"Warmly engrossing." Chicago Sun-Times Review:"A fascinating look at the creative life of one of the most important writers of American postwar literature." Steven Moore, The Washington Post Book World Review:"A novel of dramatic candor and courage...very entertaining." Michael Pakenham, The Baltimore Sun Review:"[Heller's] impish pleasure in satirizing himself and literary ambition reveals not sorrow and dissatisfaction but delight in the joys of both writing and life." Donna Seaman, Booklist Review:"[A] moderate success....As you read this book, you might imagine Heller laughing his way hugely through it....[I]n some ways this book is...a posthumous piece of caustic self-parody. But it is also...one last muted hurrah from a writer who knows his place in the authorial Hall of Fame was never really in doubt." Tim Adams, The Guardian (U.K.) About the AuthorJoseph Heller was born in Brooklyn in 1923. In 1961 he published Catch-22, which became a bestseller as well as a film in 1970. He went on to write such novels as Something Happened, God Knows, Picture This, and Closing Time (the sequel to Catch-22). Heller died in December 1999. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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