the title of a book written by American author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). Considered one of Hemingway's finest works, the novel is set during the time of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and tells of Robert Jordan, an American volunteer who is sent to fight with a peasant guerilla group for the Loyalists. While undertaking the task of blowing up a bridge he gets wounded and, although succeeding in his mission, he ends up giving his life for the cause.