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From Here to Eternity: The Restored Edition (The World War II Trilogy) Kindle Edition

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Length: 866 pages Word Wise: Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 5238 KB
  • Print Length: 866 pages
  • Publisher: Open Road Media (10 May 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004UNGYK8
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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  • Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars 18 customer reviews
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #195,820 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Absolute Classic
By A Customer on 27 Feb. 2004
Format: Paperback
In many ways 'From Here to Eternity' is a novel about people figuring things out: their world, their lives, their feelings, and their relationships. James Jones creates characters who live and think and suffer in the most believable (often distressingly believable) ways, and what drives the reader through this mammoth book is the desire to track the journey of these very real (real both psychologically and phsyically) people.
Although Prewitt and Warden (whose stories are too great and too nuanced to be recounted here) are the primary focus, this is a book with a big cast of characters. From the green Privates through to the Company Commander (and his wife), Jones familiarises us with an entire military society. And every aspect recieves the same precise, detailed treatment, whether the unpleasant contents of officers' garbage or the harsh environment of the stockade.
Emotionally intelligent and startlingly honest, this weighty classic rewards the reader amply. It may be big and sprawling in that very American way (at times you forget it was written by one single man), but in a novel so very much about what it is to be an American, it couldn't really be any other way.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA classic of American literature
By Mr. A. J. Middleton on 23 Jan. 2000
Format: Paperback
I first read this novel after seeing the film of and then reading "The Thin Red Line". This is the first in a loose trilogy James Jones, who served in the US army in World War II, wrote about aspects of military life. This novel explores the theme of peace time, barracks based soldiering in Hawaii in the days immediately prior to America's entry into WWII - (TTRL deals with men in combat, whilst Whistle is about wounded soldiers adjusting to post-war life). It's all here - the tedium of daily life, the gambling, womanising, drinking and fighting, the restlessness and ambition of military life. The two main characters are Sgt Warden, the cynical old time campaigner who falls in love with an officer's wife; and the darkly rebellious, anarchic Pvt Prewitt, whose relationship with a prostitute leads to eventual tragedy. The memorable climax to the novel centres around the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbour and the immediate aftermath. At 700 pages, this is one of those epic, sweeping novels which can sustain its length. A classic of both American and 20th Century literature, and a must read even if you are not interested in military subject matter.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent piece of writing.
By Clipper 314 on 8 April 2013
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Having read The Thin Red Line I was keen to see how this book turned out and was not disappointed. It is an excellent piece of writing and is a candid, no holds barred, portrayal of the US peacetime army in Hawaii up to Pearl Harbor. Whilst the book takes us beyond the Japanese attack, the book is really about life prior to this and gives the human story of life for the soldiers and all the different people they mix with. Told essentially through 3 main characters this original uncensored account, based on James Jones own experience in the army based in Hawaii, holds together exceptionally well throughout its 840 pages, and I personally never tired of each page. I can see why it probably was censored when first published but in todays more permissive climate these seem trivially 'offensive' and by their removal would have taken essential aspects of the experience away to its great detriment. Well written it gives a fascinating insight into the reality of peacetime soldiering. The physical book itself ... cover design, size of print and quality of paper all enhance the reader's experience of such a fine story... I am sad to have finished reading it but glad it was so good!
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5.0 out of 5 starsPowerful, well-written, intelligent and haunting
By Mr. Rj Ayre on 27 Jun. 2004
Format: Paperback
'From Here to Eternity' is a powerful, strongly-written, intelligent and ultimately haunting book. Private Prewitt and 1st Sergeant Warden are two of the most fully-realised, realistic characters ever constructed, and it is Jones' full psychological description of these soldiers that, in my view, carries this book. We learn about everything from their relationships, their loves and fears, their strengths and weaknesses to their basic ideologies, and they are two very interesting, very intelligent, very powerful characters. Prewitt, especially, will stick with you long after you finish this book. Read 'From Here to Eternity': it is simply the best book I have ever read and it is a story you will not forget, and a book that you will feel changed for having explored.
Also, buy Jones' 'The Thin Red Line', which details the actions and lives of a company of soldiers in combat in the Pacific Theatre of World War Two (and is therefore the natural follow on from 'From Here to Eternity'). These are two very honest, very powerful stories, showing us the lives of men and also the bitter reality of war, and what happens to normal men dragged through it. The books make a powerful combination.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA brutal and epic world of soldiers that is rich, tender and intimate
By Angus Jenkinson VINE VOICE on 7 Oct. 2013
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From Here to Eternity, James Jones

When this novel was published in 1951, shortly after the Second World War, it sold like hotcakes and became a huge movie, and with good reason. If you've seen the movie you've only seen a fraction of the book, which is a whopping 800 pages long. It offers the reader a deep, intensive and compelling dive into the life of hot-housed males. The setting is Schofield Barracks, an army base in Hawaii, during 1941, the year running up to Pearl Harbor, and the novel concludes some weeks after the huge Japanese surprise attack.

Good books need a gripping plot or are well written. There are many of these.

There are much fewer very good books. There are perhaps two kinds of very good books. From Here to Eternity is the second kind. The first consists of polished texts by an intelligent author who is a stylist and truly knows the techniques of writing: plot, characterisation, momentum and flow, telling details, artful description and an ear for language and dialogue, all embedded into fine writing.

The second group of very good books emerge from authors with big ideas, profound and passionate vision, illuminating intelligence, a shocking insight or humane revelation that shifts your orientation and who has enough of the writer's craft to make this literature not polemic.

Maybe then the truly great, the truly classic works of literature, combine both of these, like for example Rabbit, Run, The Grapes of Wrath, Crime and Punishment or David Copperfield. We might say that War and Peace has both but a little more of the second. He offers big ideas more than brilliant style (at least in translation).Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

First read this 50 years ago and just as enjoyable today.

Published 5 months ago by R Johnson
5.0 out of 5 starsInside Story

Fabulous detailed description. It feels like I have actually met the characters. I would highly reccomend an insight of army life.

Published on 11 Mar. 2014 by Mary Wright
5.0 out of 5 starsProduct as expected

It took a while to reach its destination, given that it was coming from the US, but it arrived exactly as described. My top rating reflects this edition, primarily. Read more

Published on 8 Mar. 2014 by rockets4solitude
5.0 out of 5 starsBetter than the movie

Good read, detailed, character development far out reaches the Movie of the same name. Enjoyable Read and highly recommended, the war and places are captured superbly.

Published on 12 Sept. 2013 by DC Magpie
1.0 out of 5 starsVery poor scanning

I could not read this version of the novel. I assume it was scanned into its digital form and the punctuation is terrible.

Published on 9 Sept. 2013 by Kim Hunter
4.0 out of 5 starsLong book but worth reading

The book tells the story of a bunch of soldiers on Hawaii during 1941. I wouldn't say it was a page-turner and a lot of military slang goes over your head if you're not in the... Read more

Published on 7 Aug. 2013 by L. A. Maas
2.0 out of 5 starsDull - watch the film instead

This is way too long and just not much happens. Just drags on and on and the main character isn't particularly likeable so I didn't care what happened to him. Read more

Published on 31 Jan. 2013 by C Ioannou
5.0 out of 5 starsPerfect

One of my all time favourite books and its such
a pleasure to be able to read it on Kindle.

Just shows the moods of all the different characters
the... Read more

Published on 19 Dec. 2012 by Avid Reader
5.0 out of 5 starsa memorable book

I read this in my teens and i thought i would revisit now in my seventies. Probably one of my few good decisions as i found it more relevant to me now than then. Read more

Published on 4 Dec. 2012 by C. A. Webb
4.0 out of 5 starsHeavy!

I'm trying to read more 'cultured books' and heard of this. It is thick, close to about 1,000 pages! Does the title describe how long it takes to read? Read more

Published on 6 Nov. 2010 by D. N. Hinchcliffe

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