Death in the Afternoon

Well, I never knew! Skeptic Everyone knows that Hemingway was a "bullfighting aficionado" - well that seems to be the phrase that is most often written. So did you think that, with his journalists curiosity and skills that he spent time learning about the sport (art? theater?) in order to be able to write knowledgeably about it? Perhaps because he knew that it was thought of as exotic and so-very-foreign "back home" in the USA? Because he thought it would be an interesting topic to write about? Nope. At some point in the book he reveals he has been to at l. Barbara"3 Time Read Death In The Afternoon is one of my favorite books. I have read it now 3 times. This book is expertly written as you would expect from Hemingway. The book is the gold standard by which all other books on the subject of bull fighting is compared to. Most of the men Hemingway writes of were all active in the earlier days of bullfighting. He goes into great depth and detail to explain each part of the even as well as the different people who are active in each segment and what they do. Hemingway also fully explains all the passes f. Time Read" according to Barbara270. Death In The Afternoon is one of my favorite books. I have read it now 3 Time Read Death In The Afternoon is one of my favorite books. I have read it now 3 times. This book is expertly written as you would expect from Hemingway. The book is the gold standard by which all other books on the subject of bull fighting is compared to. Most of the men Hemingway writes of were all active in the earlier days of bullfighting. He goes into great depth and detail to explain each part of the even as well as the different people who are active in each segment and what they do. Hemingway also fully explains all the passes f. times. This book is expertly written as you would expect from Hemingway. The book is the gold standard by which all other books on the subject of bull fighting is compared to. Most of the men Hemingway writes of were all active in the earlier days of bullfighting. He goes into great depth and detail to explain each part of the even as well as the different people who are active in each segment and what they do. Hemingway also fully explains all the passes f. 70 said 3 Time Read Death In The Afternoon is one of my favorite books. I have read it now 3 times. This book is expertly written as you would expect from Hemingway. The book is the gold standard by which all other books on the subject of bull fighting is compared to. Most of the men Hemingway writes of were all active in the earlier days of bullfighting. He goes into great depth and detail to explain each part of the even as well as the different people who are active in each segment and what they do. Hemingway also fully explains all the passes f. Time Read. Death In The Afternoon is one of my favorite books. I have read it now 3 Time Read Death In The Afternoon is one of my favorite books. I have read it now 3 times. This book is expertly written as you would expect from Hemingway. The book is the gold standard by which all other books on the subject of bull fighting is compared to. Most of the men Hemingway writes of were all active in the earlier days of bullfighting. He goes into great depth and detail to explain each part of the even as well as the different people who are active in each segment and what they do. Hemingway also fully explains all the passes f. times. This book is expertly written as you would expect from Hemingway. The book is the gold standard by which all other books on the subject of bull fighting is compared to. Most of the men Hemingway writes of were all active in the earlier days of bullfighting. He goes into great depth and detail to explain each part of the even as well as the different people who are active in each segment and what they do. Hemingway also fully explains all the passes f. Hemingway With Humor and Wit M. Smith This book was a genuinely delightful surprise. I love Hemingway, as many people do, and some of his works such as The Sun Also Rises, The Green Hills of Africa and A Moveable Feast, I have read again and again. But I put off reading this book as it just seemed a little hard to swallow a 485 page book that is explaining bullfighting. Wow, was I surprised. First off, we all know Hemingway loved bullfighting and was an aficionado to say the least. But as begins this book his candor and almost gossipy manner is so much looser and ju

"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" -- V.S. Pritchett

A fascinating look at the history and grandeur of bullfightingDeath in the Afternoon is an impassioned look at bullfighting by one of its true aficionados. It reflects Hemingway's conviction that bullfighting was more than mere sport and reveals a rich source of inspiration for his art. The unrivaled drama of bullfighting, with its rigorous combination of athleticism and artistry, and its requisite display of grace under pressure, ignited Hemingway's imagination. Seen through his eyes, bullfighting becomes a richly choreographed ballet, with performers who range from awkward amateurs to masters of great elegance and cunning. Death in the Afternoon is also a deeper contemplation of the nature of cowardice and bravery, sport and tragedy, and is enlivened throughout by Hemingway's