James Jones reading from From here to eternity from Great American authors read from their works, volume 1
(2014)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Calliope Author Readings : Made available through hoopla, 2014
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (15 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781483019390 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11081572, 148301939X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11081572
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by the author
The troubled infantryman Robert E. Lee Prewitt, one of the key characters in James Jones' From Here to Eternity, is a former boxer and passionate bugler. His independence and intransigence lead to conflicts with his superior officers and ultimately to his tragic end.In this recording, Jones reads the famous scene where Prewitt plays Taps at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. The passage is a masterpiece of writing, in which Taps becomes "the requiem of the common soldier." Jones' emotionally powerful reading brings out the loneliness, fear, dignity, and courage of the soldier's lot
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