Barbary Shore

Norman Mailer, geboren 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey, wurde mit seinem Romandebüt "Die Nackten und die Toten" (1948) weltbekannt und zählt zu den bedeutendsten amerikanischen Schriftstellern. In seinen Werken hat er immer wieder Stellung zu politischen Themen bezogen. Für "Heere aus der Nacht" (1968) erhielt er den National Book Award sowie den Pulitzer Preis, mit dem auch "Gnadenlos. Das Lied vom Henker" (1979) ausgezeichnet wurde. Norman Mailer verstarb im Oktober 2007.

Praise for Barbary Shore

"A work of remarkable power, of amazing penetration, both into people and the determining forces of American life." - The Atlantic Monthly

"Vibrant with life, abundant with real people . . . [Mailer has] a scintillating skill in observation, a mature sense of meaning." - The Philadelphia Inquirer

"This book is nothing short of amazing." - Newsweek

" Barbary Shore [is] about the kind of country-and what you might call the psychic territory-that American war heroes were returning to." - The Guardian

Praise for Norman Mailer

"[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation." - The New York Times

"A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent." - The New Yorker

"Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure." - The Washington Post

"A devastatingly alive and original creative mind." - Life

"Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance." - The New York Review of Books

"The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book." - Chicago Tribune

"Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream." - The Cincinnati Post