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Picture This (novel) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Title Picture This First edition cover Author Joseph Heller Country United States Language English Genre(s) Historical novel Publisher Putnam Released 1988 Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback) Pages 352 p. (hardcover first edition) ISBN ISBN 0-399-13355-0 (hardcover first edition) Preceded by No Laughing Matter Followed by Closing Time
Picture This is a 1988 novel from Joseph Heller, the satiric author of the acclaimed Catch-22.
The novel is an eclectic historical journey across three periods of history, all connected by a single painting: Rembrandt van Rijn's Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer. With constant reflections between the different time levels, we jump back and forth between the time of Aristotle, Rembrandt and Heller: the Golden Age of Athens, the brief 17th Century golden age of Holland, and the golden age of the USA.
