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La Trilogia della Seconda Guerra Mondiale

Questa epica saga di guerra segue le esperienze dei soldati americani durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. I romanzi raffigurano la cruda realtà del conflitto, concentrandosi sulle loro lotte interiori, sul cameratismo e sulle perdite di fronte a una brutalità inimmaginabile. Queste opere offrono uno sguardo profondo sulla resilienza umana e sul costo della guerra, addentrandosi sotto la superficie delle grandi battaglie nei drammi personali degli individui.

From Here to Eternity
La delgada línea roja
Whistle
The Thin Red Line

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    Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he's risking his career to have an affair with the commanding officer's wife. Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond: the Army is their heart and blood . . .and, possibly, their death. In this magnificent but brutal classic of a soldier's life, James Jones portrays the courage, violence and passions of men and women who live by unspoken codes and with unutterable despair. . .in the most important American novel to come out of World War II, a masterpiece that captures as no ther the honor and savagery of men.

    From Here to Eternity
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    On Guadalcanal in the south Pacific, the soldiers of C Company are about to enter the war. The men know they face their baptism of fire. But none know if they will be one of 'the lucky ones' to make it safely off the island.

    The Thin Red Line
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