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For Whom The Bell Tolls
by Hemingway, Ernest
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Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1940; First Edition; 8vo, 471 pages; publisher’s beige cloth; black spine titles over a red field. Hemingway’s dramatic semi-autobiographical novel of fate, courage, and death in the Spanish Civil War, released to considerable critical acclaim and recommended for the 1941 Pulitzer prize, though none was awarded that year. Source of the Paramount 1943 Oscar nominated film of the same name directed by Sam Wood and starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. Hemingway dedicated this book to comrade, lover, and indefatigable war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, whom he married the following year. Very Good, pastedown margins lightly tanned. Second issue dust jacket with photographer Lloyd Arnold’s credit beneath the rear panel photo, publisher’s price of $2.75, and Henry Seidel Canby blurb on front flap. Arnold was chief photographer for the Sun Valley Company and its Idaho hunting lodge, then in its infancy. The lodge was a favorite haunt of Ernest and Mary Hemingway, and Arnold and his wife Tillie became fast friends and hunting companions of the Hemingways, the two couples even purchasing adjoining cemetery plots in Ketchum. However, when Jack Hemingway’s wife died, and later his daughter, the Arnolds gallantly relinquished both spaces for the Hemingway family burials. In 2005, after Tillie’s death at age 99, both the Arnolds’ remains were moved from their respective out of state resting places and re-interred at the Ketchum cemetery as near as possible to their old friends. Lloyd Arnold’s 1969 book, "Riding High With Hemingway," details many of the Arnolds’ personal experiences with the Hemingways. Very Good, clean, crisp, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square, no hinge cracking , in a Very Good dust jacket, with light to moderate wear at the corners and spine panel extremities, no price clipping, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.
Synopsis
Many consider For Whom the Bell Tolls to be author Ernest Hemingway’s finest work. Inspired by Hemingway’s time as a war correspondent for The North American Newspaper Alliance during the Spanish Civil War, For Whom the Bell Tolls is a stark and brutal commentary on the nature of war, sacrifice, and death. In fact, many believe his work is among the best depictions of the Spanish Civil War written. As with some of Hemingway’s other work, many of the characters, experiences, and events were based off real people and battles Hemingway saw. One of the most interesting qualities of For Whom the Bell Tolls is the use and restraint of profanity. Even though Hemingway had already written much about war and tribulations and had never seemed inclined to limit the use of vulgar language, For Whom the Bell Tolls is a clear exemption. When writing dialogue, Hemingway would insert the word “obscenity” instead of writing the exact word or phrase. There has been a lot of discussion about the reason for such omissions, and while some believe Hemingway was worried about the book being banned and thus wanted to make the book as reader-friendly as possible for a brutally violent war novel, others believe the omissions of profanity was due to transliteration problems and the author’s attempt to be as honest to the dialogue he heard as possible. There is no arguing with the legacy and influence Hemingway had not only on American culture, but also on generations of future writers. The Beatnik generation referred to Hemingway as “Papa” with a quite reverence, and Hemingway inspired countless journalists with his in-depth profiles and wartime articles. Even the cities where he wrote his books are now places for pilgrimage among his most devoted fans. Hemingway first started writing For Whom the Bell Tolls in Cuba and later finished it in Sun Valley, Idaho. In fact, both hotel rooms are now popular tourist destinations.
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- Title
- For Whom The Bell Tolls
- Author
- Hemingway, Ernest
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner’s Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York,
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Ernest Hemingway, Spain, Spanish Civil War, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, First Editions, Martha Gellhorn, Lloyd Arnold, Tillie Arnold
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- Literature;
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