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The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line | James Jones
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Joness classic novel of the battle of Guadalcanal: a portrait of American soldiers facing the horror of war in intense jungle combat In August of 1942 the first American marines charged Guadalcanal, igniting a six-month battle for two thousand square miles of jungle and sand. In that gruesome stretch sixty thousand Americans made the jump from boat to beach, and one in nine did not return. James Jones fought in that battle, and The Thin Red Line is his haunting portrait of men and war. The soldiers of C-for-Charlie Company are not cast from the heroic mold. The units captain is too intelligent and sensitive for the job, his first sergeant is half mad, and the enlisted men begin the campaign gripped by cowardice. Joness moving portrayal of the Pacific combat experience stands among the great literature of World War II. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the authors estate.
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TheSpineView
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 9mo
Eggs Brilliant 👌🏼 9mo
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Bigwig
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This 1962 novel of World War II is a powerful read. Depicting the experiences of an American infantry company during the invasion of Guadalcanal, the plot focuses on a dozen soldiers who discover pain, terror, heroism, and deeply cynical truths as they face the cruel indifference of death and fate in the jungle. A very bleak tale, and one that is rougher, more nuanced, and more grounded than the introspective 1998 Terrance Malick film adaptation.

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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#ManicMonday @JoScho

Favorite Adaptation: The Thin Red Line

Favorite Movie: The Princess Bride (yes, I know this is an adaptation too, but the actual adapting of The Thin Red Line was better)

Guilty Pleasure Movies: Thai martial arts movies! Ong Bak 1-3, Born to Fight, Tom Yum Goong (aka The Protector) 1 and 2

Popcorn or candy? Sorry to be a snob, but no food or drink at the theater. Just the movie.

saresmoore You and my husband sure are kindred spirits. Although, his favorite adaptation is Fight Club. 7y
dsfisher Wow, I haven‘t thought about that book/movie images. Excellent book 7y
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Anna40
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#bookcolortag @Izai.Amorim thanks for red! It's an easy colour :)

Izai.Amorim Do I see a book in Italian? 7y
Anna40 @Izai.Amorim Sí! Umberto Saba selected poems! I'm half Italian. Studied Italian lit at uni. My master's thesis was about the novelle siciliane by Pirandello and how his early work was influenced by Verga and the Verismo. 7y
Izai.Amorim @Anna40 That's cool! I love Italy. We have friends in Siena who own a house in Puglia and sometimes we come down for Ferragosto. Close to Mola di Bari. I can understand Italian but don't speak properly, more like a sailor. I can read news and prose but poetry would be a challenge. Litsy doesn't offer Italian as a language option, which is regrettable. 7y
Anna40 @Izai.Amorim never been to Bari. Siena is beautiful. It should be easy for you to learn Italian if you know Spanish and Portuguese. My mother is from Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia. Pasolini wrote some of his poetry in Friulano! It's actually a language not a dialect as some internet sources suggest! 7y
Izai.Amorim @Anna40 The closeness to Portuguese is more of a problem. Since it's so easy to pick it up, it makes me lazy. I came to the point where I had to sit down and learn the verb conjugations, orthography, grammar, etc. But that's s lot of work. Since Italians are so nice and forgive you anything if you try to speak Italian, the pressure is low...🤷‍♂️But I started reading prose and that's a great help. Never been to Udine... 7y
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LilithSaintcrow
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My WWII Pacific reading continued with this book. The thin veneer of fiction makes it a little less brutal than Sledge or Leckie's memoirs, but not by much. Interestingly, this book approaches the question of sex between men in combat units. Maybe it has to be "fiction" before someone could talk about it so frankly. There are no heroes here, just people in terrible situations, in perhaps one of the most wrenchingly "true" things I've ever read.

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LilithSaintcrow
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Taking a break from Foote to read some Jones. I came across a mention of this book while reading Leckie's "Helmet For My Pillow", and the library had it. Breakfast with a book begins!

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