FROM HERE TO ETERNITY By JAMES JONES 1951 Reprint Assumed
by Jones, James · 1951
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Book Description A big, sprawling novel that has been called the most important novel to come out of World War II, From Here to Eternity carries us into the exciting, tumultuous and often brutal world inhabited by soldiers and the women they love. The novel's setting is Hawaii during the ominous months of 1941, climaxing with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
From Here to Eternity evokes the American soldier's life candidly and in dramatick detail. Here is a workd not only of military installations but also of tropical beaches, city life and honky-tonk bars filled with GIs yearning for the girls back home. Here too are their women -- the company commander's wife who shamelessly loves a lwoly sergeant... the B-Girl who makes the mistake of falling in love with the soldier who pickes her up... men and women who live each day as though it may be tehir last. The Saturday Review said: "For the non-squeamish adult this is the best picture of Army life ever written by an American, a book of beauty and power."
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