Naked and the Dead (e-bog) af Mailer, Norman
Mailer, Norman (forfatter)

Naked and the Dead e-bog

90,41 DKK (inkl. moms 113,01 DKK)
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.Focusing on the experiences of a fourteen-man platoon st...
E-bog 90,41 DKK
Forfattere Mailer, Norman (forfatter)
Forlag Penguin
Udgivet 1 november 2018
Længde 720 sider
Genrer Classic fiction: general and literary
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780241340509
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.Focusing 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.