BinstonBirchill t1_jacu9ye wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:58 PM

Catch-22 stands alone in American military literature.

nedoperepela OP t1_jada30j wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:42 PM

Would you consider it a classic? I’m sorry, my school system privileged the British literature and I’m only now catching up on the US one :’)

BinstonBirchill t1_jadh2m9 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:27 PM

Yeah it’s unlike anything else out there really. With the absurdity, the most impactful thing is how close to reality it actually is at times. Really gets across how a bombadier would have felt in wwii.

nedoperepela OP t1_jadk0sp wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:45 PM

Thank you so much! That’s the vibe that intrigued me, while we were talking about it :)

BinstonBirchill t1_jadhq3t wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:31 PM

Other highly regarded novels you didn’t list would be Once An Eagle which is basically about what a good military leader should be like. And Matterhorn which is a novel set in the Vietnam War

nedoperepela OP t1_jadnf3k wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:06 PM

Thank you! I’ll look them up and maybe ask my professor a thing or two about them :)