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Norman Mailer - Dead

gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
edited November 2007 in A Moving Train
One of my favorites. A wunderkid at 23 with the "fuggin" Naked and the Dead and onward as a chronicler of his times....
Good dude, brilliant at times, a lover of life. An American artist.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/11/literary_giant.html?p1=MEWell_Pos2
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    :(
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    10cc loved him.
    d'oh!!!!!!

    http://www.myspace.com/brain_of_c
  • OrestesOrestes Posts: 217
    wow... i just found out.

    He was my friend's grandfather, it's gonna be a tough call tomorrow.

    :(
  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    If you've never ventured to read Ancient Evenings give it a go. It's epic in proportion, strictly Mailer in style, and speaks volumes, I think, of the human psyche in the modern world in general. He says he spent 10 years writing it, and in turns that only experience in living will tell you, you don't doubt he did.
    I didn't even know about the Jesus in the first person novel he wrote.
    I hope its a bunch better than that Marylin Monroe (in the first person) crap he wrote.
    The Executioners Song is also a must-read, although, it must be said that even though a Pulitzer was awarded for the work, there were too many contributions from others to conclude that it was a single-handed performance.

    And, if you're a protester of any sort, you may gain some insight from The Armies of the Night. Excellent reading.
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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    gue_barium wrote:
    If you've never ventured to read Ancient Evenings give it a go. It's epic in proportion, strictly Mailer in style, and speaks volumes, I think, of the human psyche in the modern world in general. He says he spent 10 years writing it, and in turns that only experience in living will tell you, you don't doubt he did.
    I didn't even know about the Jesus in the first person novel he wrote.
    I hope its a bunch better than that Marylin Monroe (in the first person) crap he wrote.
    The Executioners Song is also a must-read, although, it must be said that even though a Pulitzer was awarded for the work, there were too many contributions from others to conclude that it was a single-handed performance.

    And, if you're a protester of any sort, you may gain some insight from The Armies of the Night. Excellent reading.
    I loved Armies of the Night.
    He was so awesome on so many levels.
    RIP old friend.
    Crazy...when your heroes are passing on.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
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