From over a hundred unread books in my bookshelves, I chose this Hemingway classic. Unfortunately, the book was left to gather dust until I contemplated on what book to read. Hemingway, a war veteran, does have a fascination with war fiction. From the synopsis, I have surmised that it would be more similar to the former. However, I have read two of Hemingway’s works – A Farewell to Arms and The Old Men and the Sea. I am thankful to him because it is one of the books that I have been wanting to read although I barely had an iota on what the story is about. Since he has read the story already, he gave me the book that he painstakingly found while rummaging through the heaps of books. While browsing a book sale, a fellow reader recommended to me Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom The Bell Tolls. Facing certain failure, Jordan learns the true meaning of loyalty and sacrifice and the high price of liberty. Set amidst the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, it tells the story of Robert Jordan, an American volunteer guerilla who has only three days to plan the destruction of a strategically important bridge. Written in the late 1930s, when democracy faces its greatest peril, For Whom the Bell Tolls is Hemingway’s masterful novel about love, death, honor and betrayal. Genre: War Novel Historical Fiction Synopsis
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