{"id":178316,"date":"2023-08-28T08:05:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=178316"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:40:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:40:43","slug":"podcast-922-for-whom-the-bell-tolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/culture\/books\/podcast-922-for-whom-the-bell-tolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #922: For Whom the Bell Tolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ernest Hemingway&#8217;s classic novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3KYDgOq\"><em>For Whom the Bell Tolls<\/em><\/a>, is often designated as one of the greatest books about war ever written and has appeared on the Marine Corps recommended reading list. Today on the show, I unpack <em>For Whom the Bell Tolls<\/em> with Hemingway scholar Mark Cirino. We discuss the background of the novel, its themes, and the literary techniques Hemingway employed in writing it. We end our conversation with our picks for the &#8220;one true sentence&#8221; in the book.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ernest Hemingway&#8217;s classic novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls, is often designated as one of the greatest books about war ever written and has appeared on the Marine Corps recommended reading list. Today on the show, I unpack For Whom the Bell Tolls with Hemingway scholar Mark Cirino. 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