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The Naked and the Dead
de MAILER, Norman
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Librería
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1948. Hard Cover. A reprint edition of author's first, and perhaps most famous work. "The Naked and the Dead" is centered around a group of four U.S. soldiers who were involved in taking a Japanese-held South Pacific island during World War II. Possibly published c.1950s-1960, though 1948 date appears on copyright page. --- In publisher's brown paper-covered boards with titling in black to spine; image of flames in black to cover. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With tape-repaired tears to top area of spine, some additional chafing to extremities and prior owner's embossed seal to front free endpaper; otherwise a clean, firmly-bound copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); (8), 721 pages .
Sinopsis
Acclaimed as a successful expression of the futility of war, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead follows the story of an army platoon of foot soldiers fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of Anopopei during World War II. The novel, which embodies wartime disillusionment, is partly based on Mailer’s own experiences with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Through its four parts, The Naked and the Dead addresses themes of loneliness, death of fear and dying, and brotherhood. The novel is written in gritty, journalistic detail. However, this tone was dialed back as publishers persuaded Mailer to use to euphemism “fug” in lieu of the mother of all curse words — the “F” word — in his novel. The Naked and the Dead sold 200,000 copies in its first three months and was a New York Times best seller for over a year. Despite some controversy among critics, the novel remains important in American literature. The Naked and the Dead is ranked 51st on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. The novel was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1958.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 82344
- Título
- The Naked and the Dead
- Autor
- MAILER, Norman
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Rinehart and Company, Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1948
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Sobre Bluebird Books
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