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The Naked and the Dead
by Norman Mailer
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart and Company, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. The Naked and the Dead" by Norman Mailer. Early printing. Published by Rinehart and Company, New York, Toronto, 1948. Measures 5.5" x 8.5", 721 pages. With its original dust jacket. The dust jacket is in good plus to very good minus condition. Small tears to the edges of the panels. Sunning to the spine with vertical creases, chips, and two inch closed tear. The rear flap is creased. The original price of $4.00 is present on the front flap. The book is in good condition. Scuffing to the board edges with losses along the front hinge. Vertical creases to the spine with chips and tears. Discoloration to the top edge of the textblock. Previous owner's inscription in ink on the front paste-down with small smudges to the endpaper. The contents are gently toned, clean, bright, and complete. The binding is sound. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(I6-44).
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
- Ernestoic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003146
- Title
- The Naked and the Dead
- Author
- Norman Mailer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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