James Jones Reading from The Thin Red Line: From Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 2

James Jones Reading from The Thin Red Line: From Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 2

James Jones

Längd23 min
Språken
FörlagCalliope
ISBN9781094095677

The Thin Red Line, Jones' second war novel, is set in Guadalcanal and is notable for its explicit and harrowing depiction of battle. As in From Here to Eternity, its characters are enlisted men and officers who feel trapped in a situation they can neither control nor often understand. The book is a telling commentary on the violence done to soldiers, as well as by them.