Goli i mrtvi

Goli i mrtvi

Norman Mailer

Goli i mrtvi (1948.), Mailerov debitantski roman, snažan je ratni ep smješten na izmišljenom pacifičkom otoku Anopopei tijekom Drugog svjetskog rata. Inspiriran autorovim iskustvima, roman istražuje brutalnost rata i dinamiku moći unutar američke vojske.

Radnja prati raznoliku skupinu vojnika iz pješačkog voda pod zapovjedništvom generala Cummingsa, čovjeka opsjednutog autoritetom, i poručnika Hearna, intelektualca koji se buni protiv njegove tiranije. Ključni likovi, poput narednika Crofta, sadističnog i ambicioznog vođe, te vojnika poput Valdeza i Reda, otkrivaju svoje strahove, traume i motivacije kroz introspektivne "vremenske strojeve" – retrospektive koje otkrivaju njihove živote prije rata. Misija osvajanja otoka, pod japanskom kontrolom, postaje metafora za unutarnje i vanjske borbe.

Mailer majstorski prikazuje psihološke tenzije, klasne razlike i moralne dileme, dok naturalistički stil naglašava surovost rata i dehumanizaciju. Roman istražuje teme moći, muškosti i besmisla sukoba, dok se likovi suočavaju s fizičkim i emocionalnim iscrpljenjem. Kritika kapitalizma i vojne hijerarhije prožima priču, čineći je snažnim komentarom društva.

Sa živopisnim opisima bitki, unutarnjih monologa i sirovim dijalozima, Goli i mrtvi ostaje klasično djelo američke književnosti, cijenjeno zbog autentičnosti i dubokog prikaza ljudske prirode pod pritiskom rata.

Original title
The naked and the dead
Translation
Dušan Ćurčija
Editor
Nikica Petrak
Graphics design
Alfred Pal
Dimensions
21 x 12.5 cm
Pages
653
Publisher
Sveučilišna naklada Liber (SNL), Zagreb, 1978.
 
Distribution: 10,000 copies
 
Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Language: Croatian.

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