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Death in the afternoon by Ernest Hemingway · Booklabria

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Death in the afternoon

HistoryNon-Fiction

Death in the afternoon

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First published: 1920
Editions: 71 in 3 languages

Synopsis

This non-fiction book is Hemingway’s tribute to and justification of what he saw as the art and skill of bullfighting. Together with a potted history of bullfighting the author adds his views on what makes it more than a mere spectacle, elevating it to a ritualized display of courage encompassing everything a man needs to know about life and death.

Subjects: History
Non-Fiction
Bullfights
Set in: Spain
Time: 20th Century
Characters: Ernest Hemingway
Pablo Picasso

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71 in 3 languages

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English65 Italian3 Spanish2

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