For Whom the Bell Tolls - Softcover

Hemingway, Ernest

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684803356 ISBN 13: 9780684803357

Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD, 1995

Synopsis

In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight, " "For Whom the Bell Tolls." The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain, it tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. In his portrayal of Jordan's love for the beautiful Maria and his superb account of El Sordo's last stand, in his brilliant travesty of La Pasionaria and his unwillingness to believe in blind faith, Hemingway surpasses his achievement in "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms."

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Review:

"It's my favorite novel of all time. It instructed me to see the world as it is, with all its corruption and cruelty, and believe it's worth fighting for anyway, even dying for."--John McCain

"A tremendous piece of work."--The New York Times

"For Whom the Bell Tolls is 1) a great Hemingway love story; 2) a tense story of adventure in war; 3) a grave and sombre tragedy of Spanish peasants fighting for their lives."--Time

From the Publisher:

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About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0684803356
• ISBN 13: 9780684803357
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480