For whom the bell tolls
‘High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, has been sent to handle the dynamiting. There, in the mountains, he finds the dangers and the intense comradeship of war. And there he discovers Maria, a young woman who has escaped from Franco’s rebels. For Whom the Bell Tolls is Hemingway’s finest novel, a passionate evocation of pride and the tragedy of the Civil War that tore Spain apart.’ …thus ran the blurb on the back cover of the classic. Reading it the second time, I savored its taste. I read it slowly, every evening. The characters waited for me and came alive soon after I immersed myself in the story each day after coming back home. When I finished it, I couldn’t put it out of my mind. Now and then I could see the various scenes, feel the emotions of a moment. And my mind went on evaluating it. Nowadays I have become specially interested in literature. There are a lot...