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Just finished this book. The ending was emotionally gut-wrenching; I really enjoyed this book. What did /lit/ think of For Whom the Bell Tolls?

>> No.17775265

self bump

>> No.17775295

>>17775221
interested

>> No.17775532

>>17775221
one of the few book I am ashamed to say that I couldn't finish. Is it worth taking it up?

>> No.17775659

>>17775221

The way he sets up the bridge as a kind of complete moment of Da Sein is well worth the kind of weird pacing the book follows. Amazing book.

>> No.17775776

>>17775659
I enjoyed the existentialism as well; sobering stuff

>> No.17775797

>>17775221
Most people seem to hate it but I liked it. It's not a masterpiece but it's very good.

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>>17775221
im looking forward to the Ken Burns doc coming out in April.

>> No.17775815

>>17775801
Me too, can't wait to watch that

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>>17775221
i prefered pic rel

>> No.17776348

His translations of Spanish are inept and annoying. I otherwise enjoyed the book.

>> No.17776371

>>17776348
I don't know, I kind of liked the Spanish dictation. I liked trying to find out what Spanish word he was trying to convey in English, maybe it helps that I'm currently learning Spanish right now.

>> No.17776489

Great book. The whole outsider/insider dynamics went over my head when i read it when i was 20 but it was quite a good read and the ending is really good. Maybe some of the best hemingway i've ever read.
I do prefer books that are truly gut wrenching though. I once went into a library to read and after reading the twist/reveal, absalom absalom gave me an amateur c-section. I only survived because the library heard it screaming "i dont hate it" and my shrieks.

>> No.17776533

Lmaooooo niggaz 4 whom bells b tollin'

>> No.17776551

>>17775221
was this the one with the spanish dude living in a cave gun fighting those rebels? yeah i liked it a ton. read his other shit too you'll like it

>> No.17776583

>>17776551
Idk something about bells bulls and balls and i loathed it.

>> No.17776836

>>17775221
Didn't like this one. I've always thought that there are two kinds of Hemingway readers: those who like TSaR and those who like FWtBT. I'm certainly the former.

>> No.17777834

>>17775221
Mostly disliked it. Agonizingly long exposition and oddly stilted writing. Not a very exciting story either. Not very insightful and nothing happens. It does create a vivid picture of that environment but it gets so old after a while. Managed to finish it and was underwhelmed

>> No.17777862

>>17777777

>> No.17777870

MAKE HIS FIGHT ON THE HILL IN THE EARLY DAY
CONSTANT CHILL DEEP INSIDE

>> No.17777883

>>17777870
Find a more cliche metal band for wypipo......
O wait. U cant.

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17777915

Antifascist=good enough for me!

>> No.17777986

i've read TSAR, FTA, moveable feast, old man, and all of his short stories. How does this one compare to the rest?

>> No.17778013

>>17777986
Pretty divisive. Its hemingway doing stream of consciousness and showing how war isnt all battle. Its actually mostly not battle - also outsiders and insiders!

>> No.17778094

>>17775221
I think it is amazing. "Today is the only day in all the days that will ever be."

I don't mean to make a claim for Hemingway as the "greatest" or anything like that, but I am sincerely glad to have read him. I am thankful for his work and its Hemingway-ness. When its good, its really, really good.

>> No.17778164

>>17775221
It’s really good. All Hemingway is really good, if we are being truthful. Mostly because he was a truthful writer.