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Death and the Sun
by Edward Lewine
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385605269
- ISBN 13
- 9780385605267
- Seller
-
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Doubleday. Very Good. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 0385605269 . Very light tanning to text block edge. ; 220x140mm; 258 pages .
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 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lion Books PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22522
- Title
- Death and the Sun
- Author
- Edward Lewine
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0385605269
- ISBN 13
- 9780385605267
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- 0385605269, ENTERTAINMENT, Bull Fighting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Other Sport / Bull Fighting;
Terms of Sale
Lion Books PBFA
Full refund if found to be not as described. For all other reasons e.g. damage, change of mind then book value only. Please contact within 14 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Lion Books PBFA
Biblio member since 2005
Kidderminster, Worcestershire
About Lion Books PBFA
We are general secondhand booksellers, est 1987, with a medium size stock and we specialise in sporting books. Particularly Football (soccer), Fishing and Motorsport.
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