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The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, with a New Introduction by the Author
Hailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, The Naked and the Dead received unprecedented critical acclaim upon its publication and has since become part of the American canon. This fiftieth anniversary edition features a new introduction created especially for the occasion by Norman Mailer.
Written in gritty, journalistic detail, the story follows an army platoon of foot soldiers who are fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. Composed in 1948, The Naked and the Dead is representative of the best in twentieth-century American writing.
Book Details
- Publisher: Picador USA
- Publish Date: Aug 5th, 2000
- Pages: 736
- Language: English
- Edition: Anniversary - 0050
- Dimensions: 8.31in - 5.48in - 1.23in - 1.26lb
- EAN: 9780312265052
- Categories: • War & Military• Literary• World Literature - American - 20th Century
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“We are among the best in war literature, like Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead or Hemingway. Read this book.” Many thanks @BHL @tabletmag for this review of THE FIFTH ACT. https://t.co/ZOYLzHkSfc
Founded in 1914, The New Republic is a magazine of interpretation and opinion for a rapidly changing world.
“The Naked and the Dead” remains Norman Mailer’s greatest fictional achievement—and in honor of Mailer’s centennial this year, Library of America has reissued a new hardback edition along with a new selection of his letters from 1945 to 1946. https://t.co/i1ha96qcEQ
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“No other novel of World War II goes to such lengths to capture the total helplessness of the individual soldier before the grinding gears of the military monolith.” In @thebafflermag, @rob_madole dissects Norman Mailer’s “The Naked and the Dead.” https://t.co/BJLKlTxJYJ
Praise for this book
"The best novel to come out of the . . . war, perhaps the best book to come out of any war." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Best novel yet about World War II." --Time
"Brutal, agonizing, astonishingly thoughtful." --Newsweek
"Nightmarish masterpiece of realism." --Cleveland News
"Vibrant with life, abundant with real people, full of memorable scenes. To call it merely a great book about the war would be to minimize its total achievement." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
"The most important American novel since Moby-Dick." --Providence Journal
What people are saying
Elliot Ackerman is an author.
“We are among the best in war literature, like Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead or Hemingway. Read this book.” Many thanks @BHL @tabletmag for this review of THE FIFTH ACT. https://t.co/ZOYLzHkSfc
Founded in 1914, The New Republic is a magazine of interpretation and opinion for a rapidly changing world.
“The Naked and the Dead” remains Norman Mailer’s greatest fictional achievement—and in honor of Mailer’s centennial this year, Library of America has reissued a new hardback edition along with a new selection of his letters from 1945 to 1946. https://t.co/i1ha96qcEQ