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The Naked and the Dead
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
NY: Rinehart and Co, 1948. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. This 1948 Rinehart & Co 1st edition, 2nd state w/o publisher's icon but with printer's icon present. It is accompanied with a ***SIGNED*** card by the author. Condition In VG/G condition. Price of $4.00 on DJ The hardback is in VeryGood condition. It is clean & tight with a small previous owners' signatures and dated July 1948 on the ffep. There is mild toning to the inside boards & end pages but the text is clean. The dustjacket is in VeryGood condition and has been repaired & now in mylar. The spine has 1/2" - 1" loss at the top and a 1/4" - 1/2" loss at the bottom.
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
- Bren-Books.com
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009191
- Title
- The Naked and the Dead
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Co
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 721
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, War, Book into Film
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