The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History (Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Winner)
Norman Mailer blends memoir and reportage to chronicle the 1967 March on the Pentagon and reflect on history, protest, and narrative itself.
About This Book
The Armies of the Night recounts Norman Mailer's participation in the 1967 anti-war demonstration at the Pentagon.
The narrative merges personal memoir with journalistic observation of the protest and its participants.
Mailer examines the tension between factual reporting and the interpretive power of storytelling.
The book received both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
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