Death in the Afternoon (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ernest Hemingway
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Memoir
- Subjects: Memory, Manners or customs, Social life, Death or dying, Heroes or heroism, Rites or ceremonies, Entertaining or entertainers, Life and death, Biography, Spain or Spanish people, Bullfighting or bullfighters
Critical Evaluation:
Ernest Hemingway’s Death in the Afternoon is a personal examination of bullfighting in Spain during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Hemingway began visiting Spain in the summer of 1923 and quickly became involved in the world of bullfighting. He stayed in the same hotels, ate in the same restaurants, and drank in the same bars as the matadors. He followed them as they performed in different cities. Eventually, he began making annual trips to Pamplona, where bullfights were held in connection with the religious festival of San Fermín. Pamplona became...
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