The dangerous summer - ernest hemingway

Hemingways last major literary work, this dramatic and moving chronicle of a season of bullfights in Spain, and of the authors friendship with one of the most daring men ever to enter the ring, shines with moments .

of purest Hemingway--when what is said suggests a whole universe that is unsaid (Robert Wilson, USA Today).

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The Dangerous Summer is Hemingways firsthand chronicle of a brutal season of bullfights.

In this vivid account, Hemingway captures the exhausting pace and pressure of the season, the camaraderie and pride of the matadors, and the mortal drama as in fight after fight the rival matadors try to outdo each other with ever more daring performances.

At the same time Hemingway offers an often complex and deeply personal self-portrait that reveals much about one of the twentieth centurys preeminent writers.