{"product_id":"naked-and-the-dead-norman-mailer","title":"Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on the experiences of a fourteen-man platoon stationed on a Japanese-held island in the South Pacific during World War II, and written in a journalistic style, it tells the moving story of the soldiers' struggle to retain a sense of dignity amidst the horror of warfare, and to find a source of meaning in their lives amisdst the sounds and fury of battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eNorman Mailer (1923-2007) was one of the great post-War American writers, both as a novelist and as one of the key inventors of the New Journalism. His books include the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Naked and the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Deer Park\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy Are We in Vietnam?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Executioner's Song \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHarlot's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e and the non-fiction works \u003ci\u003eThe Armies of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Fire on the Moon \u003c\/i\u003e(published in the USA as \u003ci\u003eOf a Fire on the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003ci\u003eThe Fight\u003c\/i\u003e. He won the National Book Award and twice won the Pulitzer Prize.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 688 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63444207173981,"sku":"K071506794","price":10.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/228031-7150679400001A.jpg?v=1771174556","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/naked-and-the-dead-norman-mailer","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}