The Naked and the Dead - Mailer, Norman
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This is a reissue of a modern classic. This book catapulted Norman Mailer to fame on its first publication in 1948. 'The best war novel to come out of the United States.' - "The Times". This is Norman Mailer's first novel. It is the book that catapulted him to instant fame. A modern classic, on every American Literature student's reading list. Based on Mailer's own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, "The Naked and the Dead" is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in battle. First published in 1949, as America was still basking in…mehr

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This is a reissue of a modern classic. This book catapulted Norman Mailer to fame on its first publication in 1948. 'The best war novel to come out of the United States.' - "The Times". This is Norman Mailer's first novel. It is the book that catapulted him to instant fame. A modern classic, on every American Literature student's reading list. Based on Mailer's own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, "The Naked and the Dead" is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in battle. First published in 1949, as America was still basking in the glories of the Allied victory, it altered forever the popular perception of warfare.
Autorenporträt
Norman Mailer, geboren 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey, wurde mit seinem Romandebüt "Die Nackten und die Toten" (1948) weltbekannt und zählt zu den bedeutendsten amerikanischen Schriftstellern. In seinen Werken hat er immer wieder Stellung zu politischen Themen bezogen. Für "Heere aus der Nacht" (1968) erhielt er den National Book Award sowie den Pulitzer Preis, mit dem auch "Gnadenlos. Das Lied vom Henker" (1979) ausgezeichnet wurde. Norman Mailer verstarb im Oktober 2007.