| The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, with a New Introduction by the Author Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Mailer, Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312265050 ISBN-13: 9780312265052 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $24.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: Hailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the World War II, "The Naked and the Dead" received unprecedented critical acclaim upon its 1948 publication and has since become part since become part of the American canon. Written in gritty, journalistic detail, the story follows an Army platoon stationed on the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 5.48" W x 8.31" (1.26 lbs) 736 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 become part of 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 an army platoon of foot soldiers who are fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. Composed in 1948, The Naked and the Dead is representative of the best in twentieth-century American writing. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mailer, Norman: - Norman Mailer's first novel, The Naked and the Dead, is widely regarded as one of the finest American novels of the twentieth century. Among Norman Mailer's other achievements are Why Are We in Vietnam?, The Armies of the Night, for which he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1968, and The Executioner's Song, which won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize. |