Description: Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Hardcover. Death in the Afternoon is a non-fiction book by Ernest Hemingway originally published in 1932, about the ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting, and the deeper themes of cowardice, bravery, sport and tragedy that it inspires. The book contains some of Hemingway's finest writing, inspired by the intense life, as well as the inevitable death, of those hot, violent afternoons. “Hemingway's style, at its best, is a superb vehicle for revealing tenderness of feeling beneath descriptions of brutality” The Guardian “The most readable and the most nearly exhaustive account of the Spanish Bullfight that we have” V.S. Pritchett CONDITION: This Book is in good condition. Tight binding, clean text. The cover, however, is worn, stained, scuffed and has some discoloration. Bumped cover corners. There is a split/crack on the joint. Pages have turned yellow from age. Foxing to paper commensurate with age. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.
Price: 70 USD
Location: Claremont, California
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Non-Fiction Subject: Literature, Poetry & Criticism
Book Title: Death in the Afternoon
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Subject: Social Science, Customs & Traditions
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1953
Language: English
Illustrator: various
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Explanatory glossary
Personalized: No
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Genre: Literary Nonfiction, History, Non-fiction, Travel literature
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Bull-fighting, Bullfighting, cultural studies, Spain
