For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway

Rating: 4.00 (1 ratings)

First published 1964

High in the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band plots to blow a vital bridge. American volunteer Robert Jordan is sent to handle the explosives. But in the mountains, he discovers unexpected love, camaraderie and a deeper understanding of humanity as the mission unfolds over three fateful days.

Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, war, adventure

Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family

Setting: Spain

Period: 1936-1939, Civil War, 1936-1939

480 pages · Paperback

Content warnings: violence, war

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