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Catch 22
Joseph Heller
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, is a story
full of turmoil and satirical wartime associations. The story’s
protagonist, John Yossarian, is thwarted by the ironic medical clause,
‘catch-22’. The temporal fragments deliver a twisted narrative
whereby the release of laughter is the only escape. The 1970 film
version, Catch 22, is expertly transferred to screen by the writing
skills of Buck Henry.
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Captain Correlli’s Mandolin
Louis De Berniere
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin,
which combines a war and love story;
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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
The Russian epic – War and Peace
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Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
First published in 1936, this book is a historical
novel set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War.
It tells the love story of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler.
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Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier
Cold Mountain, the original book by
Charles Frazier. Set against the backdrop of the American Civil
War, this is the story of a wounded soldier, Inman, who escapes
the army and tries to make his way home to Cold Mountain and to
Ada, the woman he left behind when the war began. Recently made
into the Bafta award-winning movie.
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