From Here To Eternity
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed., later pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean copy.
A landmark work of American literature, From Here to Eternity is a sweeping, unflinching military drama set in the months leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. James Jones chronicles the lives of soldiers stationed at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii, centering on the defiant Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt, a talented bugler and boxer who refuses to compromise his integrity despite brutal institutional pressure, and the conflicted Sergeant Milton Warden, whose loyalty to the Army is tested by a forbidden affair. Written with raw, visceral honesty, the novel presents a searing indictment of military conformity, class hierarchy, and the dehumanizing machinery of institutional power. Jones illustrates the camaraderie, violence, desire, and quiet desperation of enlisted men with a gritty realism drawn directly from his own Army experience, giving the narrative an authenticity that is both harrowing and deeply human. Winner of the National Book Award in 1952, From Here to Eternity stands as one of the most powerful and enduring novels ever written about the American military experience.
Author: James Jones
Format: Hardback
Published: 1951, Charles Scribner's Sons
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: 1st ed., later pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean copy.
A landmark work of American literature, From Here to Eternity is a sweeping, unflinching military drama set in the months leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. James Jones chronicles the lives of soldiers stationed at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii, centering on the defiant Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt, a talented bugler and boxer who refuses to compromise his integrity despite brutal institutional pressure, and the conflicted Sergeant Milton Warden, whose loyalty to the Army is tested by a forbidden affair. Written with raw, visceral honesty, the novel presents a searing indictment of military conformity, class hierarchy, and the dehumanizing machinery of institutional power. Jones illustrates the camaraderie, violence, desire, and quiet desperation of enlisted men with a gritty realism drawn directly from his own Army experience, giving the narrative an authenticity that is both harrowing and deeply human. Winner of the National Book Award in 1952, From Here to Eternity stands as one of the most powerful and enduring novels ever written about the American military experience.