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Norman Mailer 1945-1946 (loa #364)

The Naked and the Dead & Selected Letters

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Engelsk
Norman Mailer 1945-1946 (loa #364)
Norman Mailer 1945-1946 (loa #364)
  • Forfattere: Norman Mailer , J. Michael Lennon
  • Format: Innbundet
  • Antall sider: 924
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • EAN: 9781598537437
  • Utgivelsesår: 2023
  • Bidragsyter: Mailer, Norman; Michael Lennon, J.
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A landmark in the modern literature of war by a still-controversial literary icon

Includes a selection of letters—nine never before published—that reveal the real life roots of one of the greatest American debut novels of the last century


Nearly universally praised upon publication as an achievement inviting comparison with Tolstoy and Hemingway, Norman Mailer''s The Naked and the Dead is not just a monumental war novel but also a devastating antiwar novel, exposing the primal nature of power through the interplay of a platoon of soldiers on an impossible and ultimately pointless mission on an obscure island in the Pacific during World War II. Written just after the war ended, in the early days of the emerging Cold War, the novel daringly engages with the authoritarian impulses in the American character.

To celebrate and commemorate the centennial of Mailer’s birth and the 75th anniversary of the publication of his unforgettable