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Norman Mailer. JFK. Superman Comes to the Supermarket

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Norman Mailer’s pro-JFK profile and seminal New Journalism showpiece “Superman Comes to the Supermarket,” originally published in Esquire in 1960, now rediscovered in photo book form. Alongside the complete Mailer portrait of JFK as the “existential hero,” see Kennedy’s campaign and personal life captured by such photojournalistic greats as Cornell Capa, Jacques Lowe, Paul Schutzer, and Garry Winogrand.
Hardcover11.4 x 15.6 in.10.62 lb370 pages
Norman Mailer. JFK. Superman Comes to the Supermarket provides a striking perspective on American politics. We experience the momentum of the campaign…We feel like we are there.” ”
The Washington Diplomat
“Mailer got Kennedy better than anyone…”
The New York Times
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Norman Mailer. JFK. Superman Comes to the Supermarket

Norman Mailer. JFK. Superman Comes to the Supermarket

150

A time for greatness

An inside look into John F. Kennedy’s 1960 campaign for America

With his Hollywood good looks, boundless enthusiasm, and mesmeric media presence, John F. Kennedy was destined to capture the imaginations of the more than 70 million Americans who watched the nation’s first televised presidential debate. Just days after beating out Richard Nixon by the narrowest margin in history, Kennedy himself said, “It was the TV more than anything else that turned the tide.”

But one man begged to differ: writer Norman Mailer, who bragged that his pro-Kennedy treatise, “Superman Comes to the Supermarket,” had “won the election for Kennedy.” The article, published in Esquire magazine just weeks before polls opened, redefined political reporting with Mailer's frank, first-person voice identifying Kennedy as the “existential hero” who could awaken the nation from its postwar slumber and conformist Eisenhower years. Both Kennedy and New Journalism had arrived.

Now, TASCHEN reimagines and interprets this no-holds-barred portrait of Kennedy on his path to the White House, publishing Mailer’s essay in book form alongside 300 photographs that bring the campaign and the candidate’s family to life. These images were captured by some of the great photojournalists of the day—including Cornell Capa, Henri Dauman, Jacques Lowe, Lawrence Schiller, Paul Schutzer, Stanley Tretick, Hank Walker, and Garry Winogrand—providing a fascinating look at the man who declared the ’60s “a time for greatness.”
The author

Norman Mailer (1923–2007) was one of the 20th century’s most influential writers, and one of America’s most renowned and controversial literary figures. The best-selling author of a dozen novels and 20 works of nonfiction, he also wrote plays, screenplays, television miniseries, hundreds of essays, two books of poetry, and a collection of short stories. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he lived in Brooklyn, New York, and Provincetown, Massachusetts.

The contributing author

J. Michael Lennon is Emeritus Professor of English at Wilkes University and the late Norman Mailer’s archivist and authorized biographer. He is the author of the authorized biography Norman Mailer: A Double Life and editor of Selected Letters of Norman Mailer.

The editor

Nina Wiener is Managing Editor at TASCHEN, where she edits the publisher’s literary series—including works by James Baldwin, Norman Mailer, Gay Talese, and Tom Wolfe – and oversees collaborations with artists and organizations including The New York Times, NASA, Walton Ford, and Peter Beard.

Norman Mailer. JFK. Superman Comes to the Supermarket
Hardcover29 x 39.5 cm4.82 kg370 pages

ISBN 978-3-8365-5033-8

Edition: English
English edition with German translations in a booklet.
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Jaime,October 27, 2021
Material completamente desconocido para mi y contenido del todo interesante para aumentar aún más la curiosidad sobre la persona, la figura y el personaje. Una maravilla.

Beautiful book

Cathy,October 27, 2021
Beautifully produced with wonderful images

Alucinante

Jaime,October 27, 2021
Material completamente desconocido para mi y contenido del todo interesante para aumentar aún más la curiosidad sobre la persona, la figura y el personaje. Una maravilla.