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Norman Mailer : The Naked and the Dead & selected letters 1945-1946 / Norman Mailer ; J. Michael Lennon, editor.

Mailer, Norman, (author.). Lennon, Michael. (Added Author).

Summary:
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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781598537437 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1598537431 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: x, 834 pages : map ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Library of America, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
The Naked and the Dead originally published: New York : Rinehart & Company, 1948.
Selected Letters originally published in Advertisements for Myself and A Special Message to Subscribers from Norman Mailer.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 820-834).
Subject: Mailer, Norman > Correspondence.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area > Fiction.
Marines > Fiction.
Soldiers > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War stories.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Pottsville Free Public Library LOA FIC MAIL (Text)
Bookplate: Donated by Edward J. Donahue III in memory of LaVerne Scheibelhut Donahue
30003009158583 Adult Fiction Available -
Hughes Library F MAI (Text) 32378005181674 Adult Fiction Available -


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