For Whom the Bell Tolls

　　原本在大學教授西語的美國人羅伯喬登，在西班牙內戰爆發後，毅然放下教職，遠渡重洋加入共和國的「國際縱隊」，對抗以佛朗哥為首的法西斯叛軍。

　 　在戰爭淬湅下，喬登成為一名經驗老到的爆破專家，但當初參戰的理想熱情，卻也逐漸被殘酷的現實給消磨。在一次大規模進攻行動中，喬登被指派進入敵境炸毀 一座橋，為了達成任務，他必須爭取到當地游擊隊的協助。喬登逐漸獲獲得這群西班牙人的信任，並愛上了一名從屠殺中倖存下來的少女瑪麗亞；在短短四天中，喬 登不但找到真愛，也體驗到奮鬥的意義：

　　世上有座橋，這座橋可能成為人類的轉捩點。

　　戰役中的每一件事情都有可能轉變人類的命運，
　　你只有一件事可做，你非做不可，只有一件事⋯⋯

　　*本書中譯本<<戰地鐘聲>>由木馬文化出版

　　Inspired by his experiences as a reporter during the Spanish Civil War, Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls tells the story of Robert Jordan, an American volunteer in the International Brigades fighting to defend the Spanish Republic against Franco. After being ordered to work with guerrilla fighters to destroy a bridge, Jordan finds himself falling in love with a young Spanish woman and clashing with the guerrilla leader over the risks of their mission.

　　One of the great novels of the twentieth century, For Whom the Bell Tolls was first published in 1940. It powerfully explores the brutality of war, the loss of innocence and the value of human life.

　　This stunning edition features an afterword by Ned Halley.

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海明威（Ernest Miller Hemingway，1899-1961）

　　英美文學二十世紀代表性作家，1954年諾貝爾文學獎得主。

　 　生於芝加哥市郊，從小酷愛體育、釣魚和狩獵，高中畢業後隨即進入報社擔任記者。第一次大戰爆發，赴意大利擔任戰地救護車司機，戰爭的殘酷，自此烙印在心 靈深處。戰後旅居巴黎，結識了史考特費茲傑羅、葛楚史坦、龐德等作家，開啟了寫作黃金期，1926年發表《太陽照常升起》，初獲成功。

　　1937年，西班牙內戰方酣，海明威親赴前線，以文字與實際行動支持共和政府，對抗法西斯叛軍，並以此為題材，於1940年發表生涯篇幅最長的小說《戰地鐘聲》，短短半年內隨即創下五十萬冊佳績。並被好萊塢翻拍為電影。

　　1950年發表《過河入林》，評價毀譽參半。為證明自己寶刀未老，1952年發表《老人與海》，獲得空前讚譽，猶如重登拳壇的老拳手，接連獲得普利茲獎以及諾貝爾文學獎。

　　晚年身體每況愈下，與高血壓、糖尿病、躁鬱症等痼疾頑強搏鬥，1961年7月2日，於自宅用心愛的獵槍自殺。

　　Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899. His father was a doctor and he was the second of six children. Their home was at Oak Park, a Chicago suburb.

　　In 1917, Hemingway joined the Kansas City Star as a cub reporter. The following year, he volunteered as an ambulance driver on the Italian front, where he was badly wounded but decorated for his services. He returned to America in 1919, and married in 1921. In 1922, he reported on the Greco-Turkish war before resigning from journalism to devote himself to fiction. He settled in Paris where he renewed his earlier friendships with such fellow-American expatriates as Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. Their encouragement and criticism were to play a valuable part in the formation of his style.

　　Hemingway's first two published works were Three Stories and Ten Poems and In Our Time but it was the satirical novel, The Torrents of Spring, that established his name more widely. His international reputation was firmly secured by his next three books; Fiesta, Men Without Women and A Farewell to Arms.

　　He was passionately involved with bullfighting, big-game hunting and deep-sea fishing and his writing reflected this. He visited Spain during the Civil War and described his experiences in the bestseller, For Whom the Bell Tolls.

　　His direct and deceptively simple style of writing spawned generations of imitators but no equals. Recognition of his position in contemporary literature came in 1954 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, following the publication of The Old Man and the Sea. He died in 1961.