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Advertisements for Myself

By Norman Mailer
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Advertisements for Myself by Norman Mailer is an autobiographical collection that blends essays, excerpts, and reflections, capturing Mailer's evolving thoughts and career trajectory. Through a mix of self-promotion and candid introspection, Mailer delves into his experiences as a writer, his ambitions, and the societal context of his time. This work showcases his complex personality and distinctive literary voice.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by a candid glimpse into the mind of a controversial author, as it offers a collection of essays and reflections that reveal his thoughts on literature, fame, and personal ambition. This innovative blend of autobiography and self-promotion might appeal to those interested in understanding the complexities of an influential literary figure and the cultural landscape of the mid-20th century.

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Advertisements for Myself

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An essential guide to the life and work of one of America's most controversial writers.

Advertisements for Myself is a comprehensive collection of the best of Norman Mailer's essays, stories, interviews, and journalism from the Forties and Fifties, linked by anarchic and riotous autobiographical commentary. Laying bare the heart of a witty, belligerent, and vigorous writer, this manifesto of Mailer's key beliefs contains pieces on his war experiences in the Philippines (the basis for his famous first novel The Naked and the Dead), tributes to fellow novelists William Styron, Saul Bellow, Truman Capote, and Gore Vidal, and magnificent polemics against pornography, advertising, drugs, and politics.

Also included is his notorious exposition of the phenomenon of the "White Negro", the Beat Generation's existentialist hero whose life, like Mailer's, is "an unchartered journey into the rebellious imperatives of the self".

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241340455

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 November 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 393g

Pages: 576

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Biography & Memoir Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction Norman Mailer Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Norman 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 The Naked and the Dead, The Deer Park, Why Are We in Vietnam?, The Executioner's Song and Harlot's Ghost and the non-fiction works The Armies of the Night, A Fire on the Moon (published in the USA as Of a Fire on the Moon) and The Fight. He won the National Book Award and twice won the Pulitzer Prize.

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