Goli i mrtvi

Goli i mrtvi

Norman Mailer

„Goli i mrtvi“ (1948), Mejlerov debitantski roman, je snažna ratna epska priča smeštena na izmišljeno pacifičko ostrvo Anopeja tokom Drugog svetskog rata. Inspirisan autorovim sopstvenim iskustvima, roman istražuje surovost rata i dinamiku moći unutar am

Radnja prati raznoliku grupu vojnika u pešadijskom vodu pod komandom generala Kamingsa, čoveka opsednutog autoritetom, i poručnika Herna, intelektualca koji se buni protiv njegove tiranije. Ključni likovi, poput narednika Krofta, sadističkog i ambicioznog vođe, i vojnika poput Valdeza i Reda, otkrivaju svoje strahove, traume i motivacije kroz introspektivne „mašine vremena“ – flešbekove koji otkrivaju njihove živote pre rata. Misija osvajanja ostrva, pod japanskom kontrolom, postaje metafora za unutrašnje i spoljašnje borbe.

Mejler majstorski prikazuje psihološke tenzije, klasne razlike i moralne dileme, dok naturalistički stil naglašava brutalnost rata i dehumanizaciju. Roman istražuje teme moći, muškosti i uzaludnosti sukoba, dok se likovi suočavaju sa fizičkom i emocionalnom iscrpljenošću. Kritike kapitalizma i vojne hijerarhije prožimaju priču, čineći je snažnim komentarom na društvo.

Sa živopisnim opisima bitaka, unutrašnjim monolozima i sirovim dijalogom, „Goli i mrtvi“ ostaje klasično delo američke književnosti, poštovano zbog svoje 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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