The Naked And The Dead (Indent)

Author: Norman Mailer

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  • : $25.00 AUD
  • : 9780007204953
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Australia
  • : HarperPerennial
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  • : 0.486
  • : April 2006
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 24.99
  • : February 2006
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  • : Norman Mailer
  • : Harper Perennial Modern Classics
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
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  • : English
  • : 813.54
  • : 720
  • : Modern fiction
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Barcode 9780007204953
9780007204953

Description

Reissue of a modern classic -- the book that catapulted Norman Mailer to fame on its first publication in 1948. Based on Mailer's own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, 'The Naked and the Dead' is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in battle. First published in 1949, as America was still basking in the glories of the Allied victory, it altered forever the popular perception of warfare. Focusing on the experiences of a fourteen-man platoon stationed on a Japanese-held island in the South Pacific during World War II, and written in a journalistic style, it tells the moving story of the soldiers' struggle to retain a sense of dignity amidst the horror of warfare, and to find a source of meaning in their lives amisdst the sounds and fury of battle.

Author description

Norman Mailer is a major figure in postwar American literature. He is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner. His most recent works include Ancient Evenings, The Executioner's Song, and, most recently, The Gospel According to the Son.