Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherScribner
ISBN-100684837897
ISBN-139780684837895
eBay Product ID (ePID)875748
Product Key Features
Book TitleDangerous Summer
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCultural Heritage, Literary, Sports
Publication Year1997
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorErnest Hemingway
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.5 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-018113
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal818/.5203 B
SynopsisThe Dangerous Summeris Hemingway's 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 century's preeminent writers., Experience Hemingway's firsthand chronicle of a brutal season of bullfights in Spain. In the 1950s, Hemingway and his wife return to Spain, where Hemingway had visited before as a war correspondent to cover the Spanish Civil War, in order to see friends and follow bullfighting events. Hemingway's time in Spain is most often remembered as his experiences with bullfighting, his passion often conveyed through his writing. He and his wife follow summer-long series events and witness the complexities and danger within the bullfighting community. 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 century's preeminent writers., The Dangerous Summer is Hemingway's 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 century's preeminent writers.
It's nice to read from an actual book. The price was certainly right. I read the book for book club. People had a hard time finding the book. This was in excellent condition. It was an exercise in reading Hemmingway again - after so many years. It was a good taste of his writing and personality.