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The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author Hardcover - 1998

by Mailer, Norman


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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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Hailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, "The Naked and the Dead" received unprecedented critical acclaim upon its publication and has since enjoyed a long and well-deserved tenure in the American canon. This fiftieth anniversary edition features a new introduction created especially for the occasion by Norman Mailer.
Written in gritty, journalistic detail, the story follows a platoon of Marines who are stationed on the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. Composed in 1948 with the wisdom of a man twice Mailer's age and the raw courage of the young man he was, "The Naked and the Dead" is representative of the best in twentieth-century American writing.

First Edition Identification

Rinehart & Company first published The Naked and the Dead in 1948. Bound in black cloth, first editions have the Rinehart logo, a script R in a circle, on the copyright page. The dust jacket of first editions state the original retail price of $4.00 along with a review by Stanley Rinehart that begins on the front flap and continues on the back flap. The 721-page novel was produced in a print run of 25,000 copies. Signed first editions have sold for upwards of $7,500.

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  • Title The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author
  • Author Mailer, Norman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 721
  • Publisher Henry Holt and Co., New York
  • Date 1998-05
  • ISBN 9780805060188

About the author

Norman Mailer wrote "The Naked and the Dead" at the age of twenty-five, after serving two years in the Philippines as a rifleman during the Second World War. He has written thirty-one books, including "Armies of the Night" (1968), which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; "The Executioner's Song" (1979), which also won the Pulitzer; and more recently, "Harlot's Ghost" and the collection "The Time of Our Time." In addition, he has composed many essays and poems and has directed and appeared in several motion pictures. He lives in New York.
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