The Naked and the Dead
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1948. Clean and tight and square with fairly sharp corners. The lower back corner has a little bump. This appears to be a facsimile reissue with the First Edition jacket. Appears unread. Nice white pages. Black boards with white lettering on the spine. A little wrinkle along the top edge of the spine. The dust jacket has a little shelfwear with a few light scratches on the front. The jacket is in new mylar. Jacket design by Karov. Photo of Norman Mailer on the back panel. No price listed on the jacket. No mention of Book Club Edition. No blind stamp on the back board. No slip case. No new introduction by the author.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fiction.
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
- Seller
- funyettabooks
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 049675
- Title
- The Naked and the Dead
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction, War, Japan
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- Book Club Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Facsimile
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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