Catch-22

...After graduating from high school, he joined the Air Force and served in Italy during World War II. His debut work, Catch-22 (1961), which weaves his experiences into the novel, is a war novel that sharply satirizes the absurdity of the modern American capitalist system, and became explosively popular among young people who opposed the Vietnam War. Shine Gold (1979) is a novel that depicts the inner corruption of a Jewish university professor who is ambitious to enter politics. ...

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…高校卒業後，空軍に入って第2次大戦の際イタリアで従軍。その体験を織りこんだ処女作《キャッチ‐22》(1961)は，戦争小説の形をとりながら，現代アメリカの資本主義体制の不条理を痛烈に風刺しており，ベトナム戦争に反対する若者のあいだで爆発的な人気を博した。《輝けゴールド》(1979)は政界入りの野心に燃えるユダヤ人大学教授の内面的な堕落を描いた小説である。…

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