From Here to Eternity
  • Published: 5 September 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141393230
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 704
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From Here to Eternity

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5 Sep 2013
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24 Jul 2013
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James Jones' epic drama of army life in the calm before Pearl Harbor comes to Penguin Modern Classics - now with previously censored scenes restored

Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941.Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a career soldier and a champion welterweight.But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team for reasons he will not explain, he is subjected to brutal hazing by his fellow soldiers. 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.

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. One of the most important American novels to come out of World War II, From Here to Eternity is a masterpiece that captures as no ther the honor and savagery of men.
  • Published: 5 September 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141393230
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 704
Categories:

About the author

James Jones

James Jones (1921-1977) was born in Robinson, Illinois and enlisted in the US army in 1939, serving in the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii during Pearl Harbor and later in Guadalcanal in the Pacfic, where he was wounded in action. He is the author of many acclaimed novels, including the National Book Award-winner From Here to Eternity and the classic of combat literature, The Thin Red Line.

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