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The Naked and the Dead.
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: gray cloth with dark green and gilt; the top edge tint is green; owner's gift note on the verso of the front
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Modern Library, 1948.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: gray cloth with dark green and gilt; the top edge tint is green; owner's gift note on the verso of the front free endpaper, a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 12mo (7.25 inches tall) . Rockwell Kent endpapers. Description: This is book number 321 in the Modern Library series. The only printed date is a 1948 copyright. Using the ML dating key, this shows to be from Fall, 1961; the list of 403 titles on the verso of the jacket includes Mailer, Naked and the Dead; does not include Hersey, Hiroshima; the dust jacket rear panel style is j1, binding style 8.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- The Bookworm
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068345
- Title
- The Naked and the Dead.
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: gray cloth with dark green and gilt; the top edge tint is green; owner's gift note on the verso of the front
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1948.
- Pages
- 721 pages.
- Size
- 12mo (7.25 inches tall)
Terms of Sale
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- Jacket
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- 12mo
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