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THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Rinehart and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. Second Printing. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION of Mailer's masterpiece, Second Printing, with the flap of the second state dust jacket (with the $4.00 price) laid in. Publisher's original tan cloth embossed with black lettering on spine and flame medallion on cover, front flap from original dust jacket laid in. "The narrative presents, with great accuracy and power, the agony of the American troops in the Pacific campaign. It remains Mailer's best, and certainly the best war novel to emerge from the United States" (Burgess, 42-3).Written when Mailer was just twenty-five, The Naked and the Dead is one of the classic novels of World War II. It was both a critical and a commercial success. It immediately launched Mailer's literary career and it remains one of the most influential novels of the century. . Former owner's name neatly written on ffep, otherwise unmarked, head and heel of spine mildly worn, corners lightly bumped, tight and square. VERY GOOD.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii), 721 pp .
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
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5666
- Title
- THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Novels;, Fiction;, Literature;, First Editions, World War II, 1939-1945, First Edition;, WW2;, World War II;
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- Cloth
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- Second State
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- FFEP
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
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- Spine
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