http://www.notesfromspain.com Podcasts and comment on travel, tapas, learning Spanish and living in Spain, plus beautiful Spain photos. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.notesfromspain.com/2006/02/09/for-whom-the-bell-tolls/ http://www.notesfromspain.com/2006/02/09/for-whom-the-bell-tolls/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:21:12 +0000 Ben Curtis http://www.notesfromspain.com/352/   More classic Hemingway. Set in the pine-covered hills beyond Madrid during the civil war, the American Robert Jordan joins a group of rebels hiding out from fascist forces, and sets out to blow up a bridge in time for a big Republican attack. All the typical Hemingway elements are here, bravado, earth-moving romance, glory, death and tragedy. An incredibly evocative slice of historical fiction which is almost impossible to put down once started.
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