Also, he uses 'thou' and 'thy' at times in place of 'you' to represent the moving between formal (usted) and informal (tu) Spanish. So, 'What passes with you?' can bear some getting used to. To give a sort of Spanish feel to the language, he writes a good portion of his dialogue a though it were directly translated from Spanish. Having read some of the previous reviews about censorship, and the editing out of curse words in this audio version, I felt that I should add a quick note on Hemingway's use of language in this novel. 'If the function of a writer is to reveal reality,' Maxwell Perkins wrote 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.

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. 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. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from 'the good fight', For Whom the Bell Tolls. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.In 1937, Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. It is the most moving document to date on the Spanish Civil War, and the first major novel of the Second World War' (Contemporary NY Times Book Review). 'For Whom the Bell Tolls is a tremendous piece of work. Heartbreaking in every way, it is a novel that speaks to the best and worse in human nature and reminds us that despite the grand scope of war, what we fight for hardest are those individuals closest to us. Unfolding during Jordan's last 72 hours, in which he falls in love with Maria, who has been assaulted by fascist soldiers, and in which he befriends the shrewd but cowardly guerilla leader Pablo and his courageous wife Pilar' (Britannica). Jordan has been sent to make contact with a guerilla band and demolish a bridge to advance the Loyalist offensive. Set near Segovia, Spain in 1937, the novel 'tells the story of American teacher Robert Jordan, who has joined the anti-fascist Loyalist army. A surprisingly difficult book to find in collectible condition. Jacket with very slight wear at the spine ends and extremities, but bright, fresh and unrestored. Books is basically pristine, with the original light brown top-stain still clearly visible.

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