Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man

Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man
First edition cover
AuthorJoseph Heller
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
June 12, 2000
Pages224
ISBN0-7432-0200-7

Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man is a novel by American writer Joseph Heller, published posthumously in 2000.[1][2][3] It is his seventh novel. His final work, it depicts an elderly author as he tries to write a novel that is as successful as his earlier work, mirroring Heller's own career after the success of Catch-22.

Plot

The story is of Eugene Pota, a prominent writer who, in his old age, is struggling for that last piece of fiction that could be his magnum opus, or at least on par with his earlier writings. Littered throughout the novel are many of Pota's ideas and drafts of possible stories, such as the sexual biography of his wife, or of Hera's trouble with Zeus.

Title

The title is evocatively similar to James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. The main character's name "Pota" is possibly the abbreviation of the phrase "Portrait Of The Artist".

Reception

Critical reception to the novel was mixed. Michiko Kakutani, chief book critic for The New York Times, judged that "skills Heller did possess in abundance at the height of his career are also sorely lacking in this novel", and called it "a sad coda to a distinguished career."[4] Tim Adams, writing for The Guardian, was more positive, calling it a "moderate success" and describing it as a "caustic self-parody".[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Kurt Vonnegut (December 27, 2011). Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations. Melville House. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-61219-091-4.
  2. ^ "Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man by Joseph L. Heller". Publishers Weekly. May 29, 2000. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man". Kirkus Reviews. May 1, 2000. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  4. ^ Kakutani, Michiko (May 30, 2000). "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Joseph Heller's Valedictory Holds a Mirror to Himself". New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  5. ^ Adams, Tim (July 29, 2000). "What's the catch?". The Guardian. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

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