JONES - FROM HERE TO ETERNITY vol. 1-2 [complete in 2 vols.] 1st ed.

JONES James

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

volumes 1-2

translated by Bronislaw Zelinski

cover designed by Ewa Frysztak-Witkowska

Warsaw, 1963. Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, pp. 444, [8], 517; format 12.5x19.5 cm

First edition in Polish!

Jones' novel, portrays the American military on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor, strips it of pathos. Jones reveals that the military, instead of making "men out of boys," creates captive automatons subservient to commanders. The language is coarse, blunt, realistic, and there are bold erotic scenes, but in between these passages are the philosophical musings of the characters. Although this is a novel categorized as war literature, paradoxically, war breaks out only in the finale of the book, which is primarily a story about man's struggle for dignity.

SOFTCOVER, PUBLISHER

BDB-/ condition, minor stains, bends and tears of the covers, quite a BAD piece.