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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Prologue; 1 "Fiesta, Sí!"; 2 La Consula; 3 The Dying Artist; 4 The Politics of the Corrida; 5 Hollywood in Spain; 6 The Rich Are Different; 7 Who Was Hemingway?; 8 Who Was Bill Davis?; 9 Silencio, Por Favor; 10 Bullfighting as Art; 11 Great Fortune; 12 The Well Runs Dry; 13 Needing a Death in the Bullring; 14 The Ghost of Manolete; 15 The Ordoñez-Dominguín Feud; 16 The Cost of the Softhearted Man; 17 The One True Sentence; 18 Paris One More Time; Epilogue; Author's Note and Acknowledgments; Appendix I: Hemingway's Nobel Prize Speech; Appendix II: Time Line of Hemingway in Spain |
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Appendix III: Selected Letters from Ernest Hemingway to Bill DavisBibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
In 1959, the most famous literary figure of his time set out in the twilight of his life to recapture his early success in the 1920s. The experience tested all the credos of bravery and grace under pressure he had lived by. Just months before turning sixty, Ernest Hemingway headed for Spain to write a new epilogue for his bullfighting classic Death in the Afternoon, as well as an article for Life magazine. His hosts were Bill and Anne Davis, wealthy Americans in pursuit of the avant-garde life of the 1920s' post-war expatriates, who lavishly entertained celebrities and the literati, from Noel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 -- Travel -- Spain
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 -- Knowledge -- Spain
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 fast |
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Literature
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Novelists, American
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Travel
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Spain -- In literature
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Spain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016030067 |
| ISBN |
9781493018222 |
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1493018221 |
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