Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, with a New Introduction by the Author (Anniversary)

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  • Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, with a New Introduction by the Author (Anniversary) by Norman Mailer

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.
Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, with a New Introduction by the Author (Anniversary)
$26.99
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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.

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.

ISBN
9780312265052
Publisher
Publication Date
August 1, 2000
Binding
Paperback
Item Condition
New
Language
English
Pages
736
Keywords
Fiction | War & Military; Fiction | Literary; Fiction | World Literature | American - 20th Century; Fiction | Historical | 20th Century - World War II & Holocaust
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