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Death And The Sun: A Matador's Season in the Heart of Spain
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Death And The Sun: A Matador's Season in the Heart of Spain Paperback - 2007

by Lewine, Edward

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Peril and tradition mingle in this account of a thrilling season on the bullfighting circuit in the company of Spain's most dashing and tormented matador, Francisco Rivera Ordoez. Lewine explores one of the world's most venerable subcultures, steeped in ancient ritual, archetypal machismo and the feverish attentions of the tabloid press.

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  • Title Death And The Sun: A Matador's Season in the Heart of Spain
  • Author Lewine, Edward
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition UsedVeryGood
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Paperbacks, Boston and New York
  • Date 2007-05-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 52YZZZ01J6NV_ns
  • ISBN 9780618872305 / 0618872302
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.72 x 5.66 x 0.72 in (22.15 x 14.38 x 1.83 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.820

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Summary

In the tradition of Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon, Edward Lewine presents an inspired account of bullfighting culture in modern-day Spain. Lewine brilliantly captures the romance and machismo associated with the art of bullfighting, as well as the addictive adrenaline rush that persistently beckons spectators and matadors to the bullring. He spends a season traveling with the celebrated matador Francesco Rivera Ordonez -- the great-grandson of the bullfighter who was the inspiration for Hemingway's Pedro Romero in The Sun Also Rises -- and reveals a Spain few outsiders have seen. Death and the Sun is an illuminating portrayal of a country, its people, and their passion for this beautiful yet deadly spectacle.

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Pozoblanco, September 26, 1984.