From Here to Eternity
by James Jones
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Author: James JonesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-10-20
ISBN: 0385333641
Number of pages: 864
Publisher: Delta
Book Reviews of From Here to Eternity
Book Review: an excellent tome
Summary: 5 Stars
I actually loved the melody of this book; but what it is really a good read for, is it's description of the attack on pearl harbor: This book captures the nuance of that particular moment when the Japanese planes appeared over the houses of Hawaii and the actors all knew while they were in the midst of it, that nothing would be the same again. I also liked the book for its description of Pruett's alcoholism - where Jones intervenes as the narrator/author and decides not to have his character "go alcoholics anonymous", thus guaranteeing certain death for his character - talk about deus ex machina in reverse!
Summary of From Here to Eternity
Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941.??Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler.??But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may break him or kill him.??First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he's risking his career to have an affair with the commanding officer's wife.??Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond:??the Army is their heart and blood . . .and, possibly, their death.In this magnificent but brutal classic of a soldier's life, James Jones portrays the courage, violence and passions of men and women who live by unspoken codes and with unutterable despair. . .in the most important American novel to come out of World War II, a masterpiece that captures as no ther the honor and savagery of men.
From the Paperback edition.
This is a long, satisfying, commanding novel of the soldiers who were poised on the brink of real manhood when World War II flung them unceremoniously into that abyss. Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt is the nonconformist hero who refuses to box at Schofield Barracks and is slowly destroyed by his own rebelliousness. Around him, others are fighing their own small battles--and losing. It's worth noting that Jones' 1951 audience was shocked by his frank language and the sexual preoccupations of his characters.
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