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The Naked and the Dead
de Norman Mailer
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/Good
- Librería
-
Winston, Georgia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Modern Library (Random House), 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket, price is clipped off of the front flap. Grey cloth boards with green and gilt design. Front and rear boards are clean but spine has brown spotting. This is the Modern Library edition #321 and shows a publication date of 1948 on the copyright page though this was released by this publisher in 1961. Decorated end pages show the publisher's logo with no signatures or bookplates noted. No binding issues noted. Page exteriors show minor soiling and a pencil mark, top edge dyed green. Underside of dust jacket lists 403 titles.
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
- Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2190479
- Título
- The Naked and the Dead
- Autor
- Norman Mailer
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Modern Library (Random House)
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1961
- Páginas
- 721
- Tamaño
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction;
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Winston, Georgia
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
