The Dangerous Summer by Ernest Hemingway (EPUB)

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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.

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⭐This is almost two books in one. The first is an extended foreword by James Michener about how he was instrumental in getting Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea published, setting up a commission by Life Magazine for Hemingway to reprise his old bullfighting days with a story about another trip to Spain. The second is the actual article written by Hemingway, supposedly 10,000 words that came in around 120,000 before edited down to this book and serialized.Turn out Michener is big into bullfighting (see Iberia), giving a detailed look into the sport and Hemingway’s part in its history (see Death in the Afternoon).So Hemingway and wife Mary return to Spain in the late 1950’s, traveling around all the bullfighting rings, visiting his old hangouts and friends still alive from the 1930’s, following two brothers in law who are the best bullfighters of the time as they compete against each other in a summer-long series of events. Tension rises as each pushes the other to the limit and beyond…… there are forebodings of Hemingway’s own soon-to-be-proven mortality in his writing. So in one sense it is about bulls and men; in another it is about traveling through Spain by car on a trip not in any modern guide.

⭐A very interesting account of a controversial subject.For me, there are only two reservations. The first is Hemingway’s enormous ego. He can never resist the urge to tell you how much he knows about bullfighting and how close he is to famous matadors and other bullfighting people. Perhaps it was true, but we don’t need to be told so often. The second reservation concerns Hemingway’s style. I know that many very good writers have cited him as their biggest influence. They praise him for his ‘terse’ style and short, powerful sentences. I’ve never been able to understand why. He writes just as many sentences that are long, convoluted and difficult to follow. It isn’t uncommon to have to go back to the start of a sentence to find out what or who he is talking about.If you’ve already made up your mind that you hate bullfighting, don’t read The Dangerous Summer. If you like it or have an open mind, you might find this book interesting. I did.

⭐You learn a lot about bullfighting in this book by Hemingway. He even includes a glossary of terms. Great! It’s about the lives of two bullfighter friends and their writer friend Hemingway in Spain. Lot’s of action. Don’t forget some sangria when reading the book.

⭐This is one of Hemingway’s last works edited from a much longer and one suspects overly indulgent magazine article. His posthumous overblown novels, published after his death, could have benefited from such judicious editing. A great deal of Hemingways’ remarkable genius, trimmed to the bone, is on display here: for one, his unequalled talent for description of place and action. Even those who disapprove of bullfighting as a sport will come to understand the intricacies of the then dying art that the author venerated with almost juvenile adoration. The personalities, particularly the Spaniards, are drawn with great sympathy and clarity, and one is is quickly immersed in the business as well as the artistry of the fight. Unlike his later works Poppa is only a secondary figure here. He pays just tribute to two great matadors worthy of his and our admiration.

⭐During his college years my older brother spent an entire daywith Ernest Hemingway in Africa. Our(N.Y.)home contained a libraryand every book of Papa Hemingway’s was on a “special” shelf so I beganreading his novels from my elementary years. Long time now & I neededto return to GREAT AMERICAN novels – how can one avoid re-readingHemingway? A wonderful book. I also ventured out to Spain severaltimes to retrace the bull rings, restaurants (Botin in old Madrid)& parts of that great country, pretending it was 40 years earlier.You canNOT do this with many authors, but with “Papa” one can goback in time. ALL his books are excellent reading.Thanx to Amazon great novels are easilly gotten to!

⭐As a literary work, this is far from being Hemingway’s best. It is still Hemingway, but a far cry from “The Old Man and the Sea” or “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. As a work of journalism, Hemingway is far from preserving even a semblance of professional neutrality. But if you seek to understand the breathtaking excitement of the corrida, the art, the beauty and the lethal danger – this book is a must.

⭐This book is about bullfighting. As such, if you are a true aficionado, you will enjoy it. Otherwise, it is dated…past due. But it offers very nice anecdotes about Hemingway traveling through Spain, enjoying good food and as always, good drink. Some political innuendo…Hemingway “fought” on the Communist side, and they lost.

⭐I loved this book. Very well written of course, you’d expect nothing less from Hemingway. The art of bull fighting is totally explained including the meaning of all foreign words. The story centers around the career of several men. It’s interesting, and informative. Goes along with my favorite book, “Death In The Afternoon.”This book is pure Hemingway.

⭐This book is all about bullfighting; a factual account of the major bullfights in Spain in one year, 1959; about travelling around Spain to get to the bullfights; about hanging around and chilling out between bullfights; about bullfighting ceremony and performances.I have no interest in bullfighting, have never seen one and have no wish to do so; I regard bullfighting as abhorrent, barbaric and an anachronism in the latter part of the 20th century, let alone the 21st century.However, Hemingway delivers a compelling, fascinating account of the head to head battle between two matadors, Luis Miguel Dominguín and Antonio Ordonez, for recognition as the greatest matador of the time – some blood and guts, with lots of analysis, reflection and great descriptive writing.My enjoyment of this book was greatly aided by the excellent, lengthy and informative Introduction by James A Michener.First class read.

⭐It was free who can argue

⭐Didn’t know it existed till I saw it on Amazon. Like revisiting an old friend.

⭐my fav book on bullfighting.

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