About this title: In this satirical noir history of the world and of the role of art in history--starring Aristotle and Rembrandt--Heller concludes, not surprisingly, that modern life is absurd and everything has been going to the dogs since the days of the ancient Greeks.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Punam's Sons, New York
Date Published: 1988
Description: Very Good in Poor jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book Club Edition (BOMC). The dust jacket has lots of wear and small tears along the edges & the spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. No apparent flaws or marks. Appears as new. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780345358868ISBN:0345358864
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light shelf wear. Chip to back cover. Slight discoloration to wraps. Solid copy with clean pages. read more
Description: Fine. 0399133550 No Dustjacket. First Edition. Binding and Pages in excellent condition. Edges: Moderately tanned. Thanks for your business! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: Hardcover with dj; 1st printing; VF/VG; dj has slight edge fading & edge-wear, price corner is not clipped. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780399133558ISBN:0399133550
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. A former library book with the usual identifiers. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
"If you liked Good as Gold, and you like the idea of hearing from Aristotle on history and such, you'll like this book, because it trots out the same sort of rickety framework for what -- in Kurt Vonnegut's hands -- would probably have turned out to be a book of essays that, freed from the need to be a novel, would have been much more entertaining and illuminating."
"This lesser known novel by Heller gets really mixed reviews from people. But, Aristotle Comtemplating a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt is my favorite painting (a review I did of this painting earned me an 'A' in Art History) and this book does a great job of bringing the painting and its history to life albeit in a fictious way. If you can keep track of what's going on in the book, you'll find it really entertaining - I highly recommend it."
"Of the two books by Heller that I have read this is my favorite. If spend to much time thinking about money this book can give you a different perspective on the way we value things. Read in the 1990's."
"This book really confused me. I was expecting what the jacket said it would be, a story that follows a sentient painting through its life from creation to present day hanging in an art gallery. However the jacket was wrong and the story was split into three parts one about Athens, Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, the second about the Dutch and Rembrandt and the third about Modern Day America. It is a history book that follows no timeline. Each chapter can contain parts from each of the three main stories, or smaller asides to other stories. The main themes that seems to bring them together is Money and human shortsightedness and stupidity. Fighting wars to boost the economy, making money by lending money with interest and paying too much money to own the "best" of something. Even though this book was written in 1988 (and spends most of its time in ancient Athens) all the same things seem to be going on today as they have gone on throughout history.
This book was well written, but I don't think his writing style lends itself to a historical novel. At some points in the book I wanted to rate it 5 stars at some points in the book I wanted to rate it 1 star. I guess 3 is where I will put this, though my mind is telling me to rate it higher and lower at the same time."
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