&sq=&lang=&file=File:A-Bell-for-Adano.jpg) A Bell for Adano first-edition cover | |
| Author | John Hersey |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | George Salter[1] |
| Language | English |
| Genre | War novel |
| Published | 1944 (Alfred A. Knopf) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 269 pp (first edition) |
| OCLC | 284933 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3515.E7715 B5 1988 |
A Bell for Adano is a 1944 novel by John Hersey, the winner of the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It tells the story of an Italian-American officer in Sicily during World War II who wins the respect and admiration of the people of the town of Adano by helping them find a replacement for the town bell that the Fascists had melted down for rifle barrels.