Death in the Afternoon
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornerstone
Published:10th Oct '94
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Hemingway's classic portrait of the pageantry of bullfighting, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of A Farewell to Arms.
A fascinating look at the history and grandeur of bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is also a deeper contemplation on the nature of cowardice and bravery, sport and tragedy, and is enlivened throughout by Hemingway's pungent commentary on life and literature.
A fascinating look at the history and grandeur of bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is also a deeper contemplation on the nature of cowardice and bravery, sport and tragedy, and is enlivened throughout by Hemingway's pungent commentary on life and literature.
Seen through his eyes, bullfighting becomes an art, a richly choreographed ballet, with performers who range from awkward amateurs to masters of great grace and cunning.
Hemingway's style, at its best, is a superb vehicle for revealing tenderness of feeling beneath descriptions of brutality * Guardian *
The most readable and the most nearly exhaustive account of the Spanish Bullfight that we have
Hemingway's style, at its best, is a superb vehicle for revealing tenderness of feeling beneath descrptions of brutality * Guardian *
ISBN: 9780099909101
Dimensions: 177mm x 110mm x 24mm
Weight: 213g
384 pages