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Product Identifiers

PublisherLibrary of America, T.H.E.

ISBN-101598537431

ISBN-139781598537437

eBay Product ID (ePID)3057261772

Product Key Features

Book TitleNorman Mailer: the Naked and the Dead and Selected Letters 1945-1946 (Loa #364)

Number of Pages924 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicWar & Military, Literary

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorNorman Mailer

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight21.8 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-936040

Dewey Edition23/eng/20230321

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisA landmark in the modern literature of war by a still-controversial literary icon Includes a selection of letters--nine never before published--that reveal the real life roots of one of the greatest American debut novels of the last century Nearly universally praised upon publication as an achievement inviting comparison with Tolstoy and Hemingway, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead is not just a monumental war novel but also a devastating antiwar novel, exposing the primal nature of power through the interplay of a platoon of soldiers on an impossible and ultimately pointless mission on an obscure island in the Pacific during World War II. Written just after the war ended, in the early days of the emerging Cold War, the novel daringly engages with the authoritarian impulses in the American character. To celebrate and commemorate the centennial of Mailer's birth and the 75th anniversary of the publication of his unforgettable debut novel, this expanded collector's edition includes a selection of 23 letters (all but four from Mailer to his first wife, Beatrice) chosen by Mailer biographer J. Michael Lennon that reveals the keen insight and powerful ambition of a brilliant young writer grappling with the challenge of converting the weight of experience into art., A landmark in the modern literature of war by a still-controversial literary icon Includes a selection of letters-nine never before published-that reveal the real life roots of one of the greatest American debut novels of the last century Nearly universally praised upon publication as an achievement inviting comparison with Tolstoy and Hemingway, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead is not just a monumental war novel but also a devastating antiwar novel, exposing the primal nature of power through the interplay of a platoon of soldiers on an impossible and ultimately pointless mission on an obscure island in the Pacific during World War II. Written just after the war ended, in the early days of the emerging Cold War, the novel daringly engages with the authoritarian impulses in the American character. To celebrate and commemorate the centennial of Mailer's birth and the 75th anniversary of the publication of his unforgettable debut novel, this expanded collector's edition includes a selection of 23 letters (all but four from Mailer to his first wife, Beatrice) chosen by Mailer biographer J. Michael Lennon that reveals the keen insight and powerful ambition of a brilliant young writer grappling with the challenge of converting the weight of experience into art.

LC Classification NumberPS3525.A4152