by Norman Mailer · ISBN 9788429733747
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«Els nus i els morts I» is the war novel by Norman Mailer, published by Edicions 62 in 1991; it is the Catalan translation of «The Naked and the Dead».
It narrates the experience of a platoon of soldiers on the island of Anopopei, occupied by Japanese forces during World War II. With a register close to journalism, the novel reflects on power, corruption and dehumanization on the war front.
Originally published in 1948 as «The Naked and the Dead», this Catalan edition, translated by Ramon Folch i Camarasa, is part of the collection «Les millors obres de la literatura universal segle xx».
A work for those interested in World War II, war fiction and twentieth-century American classics.
Nachem Malech Mailer, known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist, and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II.
