For Whom the Bell Tolls

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Literary
Cover of the book For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, Scribner
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 9780743237178
Publisher: Scribner Publication: July 25, 2002
Imprint: Scribner Language: English
Author: Ernest Hemingway
ISBN: 9780743237178
Publisher: Scribner
Publication: July 25, 2002
Imprint: Scribner
Language: English

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 to create a work at once rare and beautiful, strong and brutal, compassionate, moving and wise. "If the function of a writer is to reveal reality," Maxwell Perkins wrote to Hemingway after reading the manuscript, "no one ever so completely performed it." Greater in power, broader in scope, and more intensely emotional than any of the author's previous works, it stands as one of the best war novels of all time.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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 to create a work at once rare and beautiful, strong and brutal, compassionate, moving and wise. "If the function of a writer is to reveal reality," Maxwell Perkins wrote to Hemingway after reading the manuscript, "no one ever so completely performed it." Greater in power, broader in scope, and more intensely emotional than any of the author's previous works, it stands as one of the best war novels of all time.

More books from Scribner

Cover of the book When A Billion Chinese Jump by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book A Beautiful Place to Die by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book Heavy by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book Goldberg Variations by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book Skeleton Crew by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book Rainbow's End by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book The Best American Poetry 2014 by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book Turning Angel by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book Last Call by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book The Perfect House by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book Happens Every Day by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book The Prisoner's Wife by Ernest Hemingway
Cover of the book The Shipping News by Ernest Hemingway
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy