Death in the afternoon

347 pages

English language

Published 1966 by Penguin Books.

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978-0-14-002421-0
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Death in the Afternoon is a non-fiction book written by Ernest Hemingway about the history, ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting, published in 1932. It also contains a deeper contemplation on the nature of fear and courage. While essentially a guide book, there are three main sections: Hemingway's work, pictures, and a glossary of terms.

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Entre arena y sangre – Mi travesía con Muerte en la tarde de Ernest Hemingway

Leer Muerte en la tarde de Ernest Hemingway fue para mí una experiencia tan fascinante como incómoda. No es una simple descripción de corridas de toros, sino un tratado que oscila entre la crónica, la reflexión filosófica y la confesión personal. Desde las primeras páginas, sentí que Hemingway me hablaba directamente, con su estilo sobrio y preciso, invitándome a comprender un mundo que, a primera vista, me resultaba ajeno y hasta brutal.

Lo que me impresionó más fue la manera en que Hemingway explica la corrida como un arte, una representación donde el valor humano se mide frente a la muerte. En sus palabras percibí que no se trataba de un espectáculo vacío, sino de una liturgia de riesgo, belleza y tragedia. Sin embargo, mientras avanzaba, yo mismo oscilaba entre la fascinación y el rechazo: podía admirar la elegancia de la descripción, pero no dejar de estremecerme ante la violencia …

Blood, Sun, and Stillness: My Reckoning with Hemingway’s Death in the Afternoon

Reading Ernest Hemingway’s Death in the Afternoon was not what I expected. I went in thinking I’d get a dry, historical account of bullfighting. What I got instead was a meditation on life, art, death, courage—and a brutal honesty that left me uncomfortable, fascinated, and oddly moved.

Hemingway uses bullfighting as more than subject matter; he treats it as a lens through which to examine everything he values: grace under pressure, the meaning of bravery, the aesthetics of violence. I didn’t expect to care about the rituals of the corrida, yet I found myself drawn in by the stark beauty he saw in it. The way he described the matador’s poise, the crowd’s silence before the final thrust—it made me think about how rarely we confront death directly anymore.

At times I resisted him. His admiration for the spectacle felt alien, even disturbing. I questioned the ethics, the cruelty. …

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