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Death And The Sun: A Matador's Season In The Heart Of Spain
by Edward Lewine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- 1st Edition Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 061826325X
- ISBN 13
- 9780618263257
- Seller
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Steubenville, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition Very Good/Very Good. 1st Edition / 1st Printing - Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours. Pages are clean with no apparent marks. Binding is tight and square. Light shelf wear to cover. Slight discoloration to page edg.es Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.
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
- Bookmarx Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124581
- Title
- Death And The Sun: A Matador's Season In The Heart Of Spain
- Author
- Edward Lewine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - 1st Edition Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 061826325X
- ISBN 13
- 9780618263257
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- July 5, 2005
- Pages
- 258
Terms of Sale
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Steubenville, Ohio
About Bookmarx Bookstore
We are a small independent bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio, with a smattering of everything but a special love for the Catholic, Classic, and Literary.
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