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The Dangerous Summer

by Ernest Hemingway · 1985

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The 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.

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sportssportsMore like thisLess of thisjournalistsjournalistsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisSpainSpainMore like thisLess of this
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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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