James Jones

Citations

• “When he finished packing, he walked out on to the third-floor porch of the barracks brushing the dust from his hands, a very neat and deceptively slim young man in the summer khakis that were still early morning fresh.”

• “The expression of hurt surprise and wounded reproach and sheer inability to understand stayed on his face like a forgotten suitcase left at the station, and gradually hardened there.”

• “There’s only a thin red line between the sane and the mad.”

• “Humor itself is a kind strange thing in the first place, it’s kind of a short-circuit in the brain around horror that saves us from having to face it totally.”

• “Sometimes the air is awfully clear here. You can look off to sea and see the soft, warm, raggedy roof of clouds stretching on and on and on.”

Les livres de James Jones dans l'ordre

Les livres de James Jones dans l'ordre de parution, de From Here to Eternity (1951) à World War II Trilogy (2012).

1. 1From Here to EternityFrom Here to Eternity1951
2. 2Some Came RunningSome Came Running1957
3. 3The PistolThe Pistol1958
4. 4The Thin Red LineThe Thin Red Line1962
5. 5CalderCalder1963
6. 6Go to the Widow-makerGo to the Widow-maker1966
7. 7Ce plus grand amourCe plus grand amour1968
8. 8James Jones Reads James JonesJames Jones Reads James Jones1968
9. 9A Touch of DangerA Touch of Danger1973
10. 10WhistleWhistle1974
11. 11Ww IiWw Ii1975
12. 12Ice-Cream HeadacheIce-Cream Headache2011
13. 13Merry Month of MayMerry Month of May2011
14. 14To the End of the WarTo the End of the War2011
15. 15World War II TrilogyWorld War II Trilogy2012
16. 16Snowballs of ChristmasSnowballs of Christmas
17. 17To Reach EternityTo Reach Eternity
18. 18World War IIWorld War II