James Jones: The Thin Red Line
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- Kategoria: kaunokirjallisuus, alakategoria: kaunokirjalliset sekasisältöiset teokset
- Materiaali: Nidottu
- Kustantaja: Delta
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9780385324083
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They are the men of C-for-Charlie company--'Mad' 1st Sgt. Eddie Welsh, Pvt. 1st Class Don Doll, Pvt. John Bell, Capt. James Stein, Cpl. Fife, and dozens more just like them--infantrymen who are about to land, grim and white-faced, on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back. In the days ahead, some will earn medals, others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad--and the living from the dead--in this unforgettable portrait that captures for all time the total experience of men at war. Foreword by Francine Prose 'Brutal, direct, and powerful […] The men are real, the words are real, death is real, imminent and immediate. '--'Los Angeles Times ' 'A rare and splendid accomplishment […] strong and ambitious, spacious, and as honest as any novel ever written. '--'Newsweek'' '' A] major novel of combat in World War II […] reminiscent of Stephen Crane in 'The Red Badge of Courage. ''--'The Christian Science Monitor'' '''The Thin Red Line 'moves so intensely and inexorably that it almost seems like the war it is describing. '--'The New York Times Book Review'