DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON is Ernest Hemingway's classic work on the art of bullfighting. It tells of the bullfighters and the bulls, the bravery and cowardice, the pageantry and the history -- enlivened by Hemingway's pungent comments on life and literature.

Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon reflects Hemingway's belief that bullfighting was more than mere sport. Here he describes and explains the technical aspects of this dangerous ritual, and "the emotional and spiritual intensity and pure classic beauty that can be produced by a man, an animal, and a piece of scarlet serge draped on a stick." Seen through his eyes, bullfighting becomes an art, a richly choreographed ballet, with performers who range from awkward amateurs to masters of great grace and cunning.

Chapters 1 to 20, inclusive          1-245

An explanatory glossary            247

Some reactions of a few individuals to the integral Spanish

Bullfight                   325

A short estimate of the American, Sidney Franklin, as a

Matador                    331

Dates on which bullfights will ordinarily be held in Spain

France, Mexico, and central and South America 335

Bibliographical Note              343