James Jones
Born 1921 · Died 1977
From Robinson, Illinois, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction
Quotes
“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.”
From Here to Eternity “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.”
From Here to Eternity “There’s only a thin red line between the sane and the mad.”
The Thin Red Line “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.”
Don Swaim interview “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.”
To Reach Eternity, p. 17
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Books by James Jones in order
Books by James Jones in the order they were published, from From Here to Eternity (1951) to World War II Trilogy (2012).
- 1From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity1951 - 2Some Came Running
Some Came Running1957 - 3The Pistol
The Pistol1958 - 4The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line1962 - 5Go to the Widow-maker
Go to the Widow-maker1966 - 6James Jones Reads James JonesJames Jones Reads James Jones1968
- 7The Ice-Cream Headache
The Ice-Cream Headache1968 - 8A Touch of Danger
A Touch of Danger1973 - 9Whistle
Whistle1974 - 10Ww Ii
Ww Ii1975 - 11Merry Month of May
Merry Month of May2011 - 12To the End of the War
To the End of the War2011 - 13World War II TrilogyWorld War II Trilogy2012
- 14Snowballs of ChristmasSnowballs of Christmas
- 15To Reach Eternity
To Reach Eternity - 16World War IIWorld War II