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The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History

Norman Mailer

Can a novelist's eye, with all its bias and invention, show you what really happened at a protest better than a plain report?

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Author
Norman Mailer

Why read it

  • You will learn to question how the press frames an event before you accept its version
  • You will see why every way of telling the past, even science, is built with some error, and how to correct for it
  • You will understand how a protest feels from the inside, with its mix of seriousness and farce

Who it is for

  • A journalist who wonders how much of themselves belongs in a story
  • A writer who mixes memoir, reporting and opinion
  • A citizen who has joined a march and doubted the news coverage

Contents

  1. Book One: History as a Novel: The Steps of the Pentagon
  2. Part I: Thursday Evening
  3. Part II: Friday Afternoon
  4. Part III: Saturday Matinée
  5. Part IV: Saturday Night and All of Sunday
  6. Book Two: The Novel as History: The Battle of the Pentagon

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