Readers' Review: John Hersey's "A Bell for Adano"

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Readers' Review: John Hersey's "A Bell for Adano"

A panel discusses John Hersey's 1945 Pulitzer Prize winning novel about an American officer with civil authority for overseeing an Italian town after it's been liberated by Allied forces in WWII.

A panel discusses John Hersey's 1945 Pulitzer Prize winning novel about an American officer with civil authority for overseeing an Italian town after it's been liberated by Allied forces in WWII.

Guests

Jackson Bryer

professor emeritus of English at the University of Maryland and co-editor of "Dear Scott, Dear Zelda" (St. Martin's Press)

Giampiero Gramaglia

Bureau Chief of the Italian news agency ANSA

Anna Nelson

Distinguished Historian in Residence at American University.

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