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Death & the Sun Book Matador Bullfighting Season in Spain Bullfight Art Memoir
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Title
- Death and the Sun
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Age Level
- Adults
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Modified Item
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Type
- Memoirs
- Special Attributes
- Dust Jacket
- Region
- Andalusia
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Subjects
- Biographies & True Stories
- ISBN
- 9780618263257
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
061826325X
ISBN-13
9780618263257
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8038660034
Product Key Features
Book Title
Death and the Sun : a Matador's Season in the Heart of Spain
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Europe / Spain & Portugal
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-040424
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
791.82/0946
Table Of Content
ContentsA Short Note on Morality - ixPROLOGUE : FRAN - 1First Third: The Challenge Accepted1 - A MAN, A BULL, A SMALL TOWN - 72 - THE FORMER PHENOM - 153 - A TRAGEDY IN THREE ACTS - 244 - THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED - 335 - THE SEASON BEGINS - 41Second Third: The Struggle6 - MELONS , BITTER AND SWEET - 517 - AFTERNOONS OF RESPONSIBILITY - 608 - THE MELONS OPENED - 679 - THE OUTSIDER - 7610 - SUN AND SHADOW - 8311 - THE LITTLE VENOM - 9212 - SECTION SEVEN - 10013 - DIFFERENT PATHS - 10814 - AN INHERITED FORTUNE - 11515 - DEATH IN THE SUN - 12016 - PEONS - 12617 - CRAFTSMEN - 13418 - THEY EAT HORSES, DON'T THEY? - 14319 - A LAPSE IN CONCENTRATION - 14820 - RUNNING THE BULLS - 15221 - PAPA - 16022 - DRY DOCK - 16523 - THE KID - 16924 - A TRAVELING SEASON - 17525 - THE SUPREME ACT - 18226 - FIRST-CLASS STANDARDS - 19027 - GOOD LUCK, BAD LUCK - 198Third Third:All the Roads Home28 - MASTER OF MASTERS - 20529 - IN THE BLOOD - 214EPILOGUE - 221Appendix: How to See Them - 230Acknowledgments - 235Notes on Sources - 238Bibliography - 241Index - 246
Synopsis
A brilliant observer in the tradition of Adam Gopnik and Paul Theroux, Edward Lewine reveals a Spain few outsiders have seen. There's nothing more Spanish than bullfighting, and nothing less like its stereotype. For matadors and aficionados, it is not a blood sport but an art, an ancient subculture steeped in ritual, machismo, and the feverish attentions of fans and the press. Lewine explains Spain and the art of the bulls by spending a bullfighting season traveling Spanish highways with the celebrated matador Francisco Rivera Ordonez, following Fran, as he's known, through every region and social stratum. Fran's great-grandfather was a famous bullfighter and the inspiration for Hemingway's matador in The Sun Also Rises. Fran's father was also a star matador, until a bull took his life shortly before Fran's eleventh birthday. Fran is blessed and haunted by his family history. Formerly a top performer himself, Fran's reputation has slipped, and as the season opens he feels intense pressure to live up to his legacy amid tabloid scrutiny in the wake of his separation from his wife, a duchess. But Fran perseveres through an eventful season of early triumph, serious injury, and an unlikely return to glory., A brilliant observer in the tradition of Adam Gopnik and Paul Theroux, Edward Lewine reveals a Spain few outsiders have seen. There's nothing more Spanish than bullfighting, and nothing less like its stereotype. For matadors and aficionados, it is not a blood sport but an art, an ancient subculture steeped in ritual, machismo, and the feverish attentions of fans and the press. Lewine explains Spain and the art of the bulls by spending a bullfighting season traveling Spanish highways with the celebrated matador Francisco Rivera Ordónez, following Fran, as he's known, through every region and social stratum. Fran's great-grandfather was a famous bullfighter and the inspiration for Hemingway's matador in The Sun Also Rises. Fran's father was also a star matador, until a bull took his life shortly before Fran's eleventh birthday. Fran is blessed and haunted by his family history. Formerly a top performer himself, Fran's reputation has slipped, and as the season opens he feels intense pressure to live up to his legacy amid tabloid scrutiny in the wake of his separation from his wife, a duchess. But Fran perseveres through an eventful season of early triumph, serious injury, and an unlikely return to glory., A brilliant observer in the tradition of Adam Gopnik and Paul Theroux, Edward Lewine reveals a Spain few outsiders have seen. There's nothing more Spanish than bullfighting, and nothing less like its stereotype. For matadors and aficionados, it is not a blood sport but an art, an ancient subculture steeped in ritual, machismo, and the feverish attentions of fans and the press. Lewine explains Spain and the art of the bulls by spending a bullfighting season traveling Spanish highways with the celebrated matador Francisco Rivera Ordóñez, following Fran, as he's known, through every region and social stratum. Fran's great-grandfather was a famous bullfighter and the inspiration for Hemingway's matador in The Sun Also Rises. Fran's father was also a star matador, until a bull took his life shortly before Fran's eleventh birthday. Fran is blessed and haunted by his family history. Formerly a top performer himself, Fran's reputation has slipped, and as the season opens he feels intense pressure to live up to his legacy amid tabloid scrutiny in the wake of his separation from his wife, a duchess. But Fran perseveres through an eventful season of early triumph, serious injury, and an unlikely return to glory.
LC Classification Number
GV1108.5.L49 2005
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