Death And The Sun

Edward Lewine (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2006
Black Swan (Verlag)
978-0-552-77134-4 (ISBN)

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Bullfighting never fails to provoke a reaction. This book aims to track Spain's biggest bullfighter, Francisco Rivera Ordonez. Fighting bulls while fleeing celebrity, Spain's most infamous matador lives both his public and his private life on the edge. The last in a distinguished bloodline, he is plagued by the legacies of his great-grandfather.

Is it an immoral spectacle or a metaphor of life? Bullfighting never fails to provoke a reaction. In this unusual travel memoir, Edward Lewine embarks on an eye-opening journey around Spain, to track a typical season for the country's biggest bullfighter, Francisco Rivera Ordonez. Fighting bulls while fleeing celebrity, Spain's most infamous matador lives both his public and his private life on the edge. The last in a distinguished bloodline, he is plagued by the legacies of his great-grandfather, the greatest matador of his day and revered by Hemingway, and by his late father, who was gored to death in the arena. With sixty-two fights and a hundred and twenty bulls to confront in the coming season, Francisco must also endure the aggressive attention of the paparazzi, who pursue him for news of his colourful private life and breakdown of his marriage to a Spanish duchess. Lewine witnesses at first hand, the thrilling routine of a top bullfighter - the rituals, the risks, and the stage fright - and assesses the significance of bullfighting in the context of Spanish identity. This national obsession encapsulates the uniqueness of Spanish culture.

Edward Lewine is a freelance journalist for the New York Times. It was during a holiday to the continent that he began his love affair with Spain. He lives in NY with his young family.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.7.2006
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 199 mm
Gewicht	248 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
ISBN-10	0-552-77134-1 / 0552771341
ISBN-13	978-0-552-77134-4 / 9780552771344
Zustand	Neuware