On Bullfighting
Published on 6. July 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-224-06099-8 (ISBN)
Description
Bullfighting - the ultimate spectator sport.
Acclaimed novelist A. L. Kennedy unpeels the layers and explains the mechanics before dissecting them with surgical precision. Beyond the theatre, the costume and the well-worn plot she focuses on the fact that a man faces his death while a crowd looks on. The result is a startling confrontation with her own, and mankind's, mortality.
Acclaimed novelist A. L. Kennedy unpeels the layers and explains the mechanics before dissecting them with surgical precision. Beyond the theatre, the costume and the well-worn plot she focuses on the fact that a man faces his death while a crowd looks on. The result is a startling confrontation with her own, and mankind's, mortality.
Reviews / Votes
One of the best books of the year -- Jeanette Winterson On Bullfighting casts an unofficial eye over a world of male exploit; the public spectacles are treated with a fresh particularity, the inner landscapes of pain with an ardent, high-risk honesty -- Julain Barnes Informative, minutely observed and beautifully written * Independent * An ecclectic and fascinating cultural history * Observer * A strange and beautiful book -- Michael Ignatieff A thrilling and thought-provoking read -- John Banville * Irish Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 167 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
128 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-224-06099-8 (9780224060998)
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Person
A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards - including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.