This is one of those books I read in high school. It's interesting to me that re-reading it later in life, I come away with a very different perspective. If you've read this before in high school, it might be worth reading again, I'm sure glad I did.
A great read that was elevated further by reading most of it in a small village just east of Granada, Spain - it really brought the fascist-sympathisier masacre to life (I could see characters from the book walking past the little town hall that was below my balcony...) Don't make the mistake of rea...
This is the first Hemingway novel I've read, and I recommend it. For Whom the Bell Tolls covers a period of three full days during the Spanish Civil War, following (primarily) a young American professor of Spanish working as a guerrilla explosives expert on the Communist side (although, as we discov...
Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls was published in 1940 and tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. The plot begins when he is sent to blow up a strategic bridge in the Spanish sierra, where he joins a group of rebels led...
I can't give this the full five star/classic treatment. It's just too sparse, too spartan. I need a little more color and depth in both setting and character. But the story is strong and I'm a big fan of the slice of life (or death) book.
Boring.My main problems: He kept saying Robert Jordan. Robert Jordan. Robert Jordan. Quit saying his name over and over again on repeat! Couldn't he have shortened it to Robert or simply Jordan? Naturally he couldn't help that it is the same name of a fantasy writer I didn't particularly like but Ho...
“Noaptea era senina, iar capul lui la fel de limpede si rece ca si aerul de deasupra. Simtea in nari mireasma ramurilor de brad de sub el, mirosul specific de brad al cetinilor strivite, si mirosul mai patrunzator al rasinii scurse din ramurile retezate. Se gindea la Pilar. Pilar si mirosul mortii, ...
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