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Picture This

by Joseph Heller

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This is AWFUL--utterly boring. It's difficult to imagine that it was written by the author of Catch-22. ( )
  carlym | Jul 25, 2009 |
An interesting approach to seemingly unconnected periods of history. I sometimes wondered of its historical accuracy. ( )
  petrojoh | Jan 3, 2008 |
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Original publication date1988
People/CharactersRembrandt van Rijn
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0684868199, Paperback)

Picture this: Rembrandt is creating his famous painting of Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer. As soon as he paints an ear on Aristotle, Aristotle can hear. When he paints an eye, Aristotle can see. And what Aristotle sees and hears and remembers from the ancient past to this very moment provides the foundation for this lighthearted, freewheeling jaunt through 2,500 years of Western Civilization.

Picture This is an incisive fantasy that digs deeply into our illusions and customs. Nobody but Joseph Heller could have thought of a novel like this one. Nobody but Heller could have executed it so brilliantly.

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