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The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author by Norman Mailer is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Hailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, The Naked and the Deadreceived 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 doe 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 Deadis representative of the best in twentieth-century American writing.
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- Author
- Norman Mailer
- Publisher
- Picador : Henry Holt and Company
- Published
- 1960
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780805005219
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, War & Military Fiction
- Rating
- 3.94 / 5 (19,169 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- The Naked and the Dead (1981)
- The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author (2000)
- The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author (1998)
- The Naked and the Dead (1964)
- The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author (1948)
- The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author (2013)
- The Naked and the Dead: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (1948)
- The Naked and the Dead (2020)
- The Naked and the Dead with a Fiftieth-anniversary Introduction by the Author (1999)
- Naked And The Dead, The (1949)
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