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A Bell for Adano
 

A Bell for Adano (Vintage)

by John Hersey

An Italian-American major in World War II wins the love and admiration of the local townspeople when he searches for a replacement for the 700 year-old town bell that had been melted down for bullets by the fascists. (read review)

Top tags: fiction,  historical fiction,  italy,  pulitzer prize,  wwii (all tags)

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sthurner
  • Rated 5 stars

“I suppose people might think this is an old fashioned book, a war story with pretty clear good guys and villains, but I loved it I laughed and sniffled, and didn't want it to be over.”

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susan n
  • Rated 2 stars

“Did not care for this book much.”

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  • Rated 3.803921 stars
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  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet said:

    “hard to believe a drunken cart driver could have almost as much impact on a village as Hitler/Mussolini, but what a tale! and having known a few AF colonels and Army Gens, i can believe the scene. great book, wish GWB had read it!”

    posted Friday, August 17 2007
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