Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time THE COMPLETE UNCENSORED EDITION * THE WORLD WAR II MASTERPIECE AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE READ * WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 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 his 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. This new edition features an Afterword by George Hendrick, a James Jones scholar, who discusses the novel's origin and eventual censorship at the hands of its first publisher. Now the original language has at last been restored to the most important American novel to come out of World War II. From Here to Eternity re-creates the authentic soldier experience and captures, like nothing else, the honor and savagery of man. Foreword by William Styron "A work of genius." -- Saturday Review "Extraordinary and utterly irresistible . . . a compelling and compassionate story." -- Los Angeles Times "A blockbuster of a book . . . raw and brutal and angry." -- The New York Times "Ferocious . . . the most realistic and forceful novel I've read about life in the army." -- The New Yorker
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812984315
ISBN-13
9780812984316
eBay Product ID (ePID)
126639735
Product Key Features
Book Title
From Here to Eternity : a Novel
Author
James Jones
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, War & Military, Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
896 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
2in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
25.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
"A work of genius."- Saturday Review "Extraordinary and utterly irresistible . . . a compelling and compassionate story."- Los Angeles Times "A blockbuster of a book . . . raw and brutal and angry."- The New York Times "Ferocious . . . the most realistic and forceful novel I've read about life in the army."- The New Yorker, "A work of genius." -- Saturday Review "Extraordinary and utterly irresistible . . . a compelling and compassionate story." -- Los Angeles Times "A blockbuster of a book . . . raw and brutal and angry." -- The New York Times "Ferocious . . . the most realistic and forceful novel I've read about life in the army." -- The New Yorker