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Death in the Afternoon
- Narrated by: Boyd Gaines
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Art & Literature
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- Benjamin Collocott
- 08-05-2020
More like a travel guide for a Spain of the past.
A great book, written in Hemingway's unmistakable style. Interesting and informative, going very deep in. certain parts, but wholly enjoyable.
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- Kevin B. Keenan
- 02-02-2015
Death In The Afternoon
Still a great narrative on the bull fight...but of course...dated--but that is always good because it gives a micro glimpse of Spain in the twenties & thirties...sheer enjoyment....KBK
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- Gary
- 07-01-2013
No previous interest in bullfighting required
No fan of bullfighting here. If anything I came into this with a negative opinion. I choose this book, because I felt Hemingway would do something great with it and he doesn't disappoint. Boyd Gaines delivers a fantastic read, with perfect Spanish pronunciations. It doesn't change my opinion on bullfighting much, but maybe a little on life and death.
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- Nick
- 21-09-2007
A Life Well Lived
Hemingway's precise writing style adapts well to an audio book. The narrator's voice suits Hemingway's tone of intellectual machismo and handles the Spanish pronounciation of people and place names with aplomb. The book is a superb description of bullfighting between the wars. I wonder what Hemingway would have made of today's danger sports?
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- N. D. Hemingway
- 18-03-2018
Not your usual Hemingway.
An interesting book. It definitely makes you understand the nuances of bullfighting, and it made me want to see one. I came away from it with a different perspective on the ethics of bullfighting as well.
However, Death in the Afternoon isn't at all like Hemingway's novels, with the exception of the very last chapter, which is like Hemingway on steroids (my favorite part). It lacks his seriousness, structure, and nuanced poetry.
While I would not recommend it as a first or second or third Hemingway book, I would say if you love Hemingway it's worth reading/listening to. I learned a lot from it. About bullfighting and about life.
If you are looking for a beautiful, real life adventure story, his The Green Hills of Africa is brilliant.
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- Thomas
- 19-10-2015
Death in the Afternoon.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Excellent delivery of the classic Hemingway granular narration of the art, pageantry and culture of the bullfight and Matador culture. Very drawn out at times, but that is what one would expect from Hemingway. Brilliant use of narration and auditory selection of Boyd Gaines was a solid choice for the story as he seemed to capture and relay the emotion or lack there of at times that the author seemed to be illustrating. Nice read/listen.
Have you listened to any of Boyd Gaines’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
This was a fine presentation
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- Magda
- 25-09-2015
guidebook for touring bullfightimg spain in 1930's
lost attention mid-way, too many outdated practical travelling suggestions, too little of a story or bullfighting ambiance, didn't finish
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- Charles
- 26-09-2012
A Long Trip Through Bull Fighting
Read as a lecture on bull fighting and bull fighters. A very lengthy discourse. i feel much longer than necessary. The discussions with the older lady were an interesting twist. Not by any means my favorite Hemingway book./
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- Frank Donnelly
- 02-12-2018
Very Well Read Non Fiction Account of Bull Fighting
This is an excellent reading of a Hemingway non fiction account of bullfighting in Spain. The reading is very faithful to the actual text. The story is about a gruesome subject of which Hemingway does his best to portray as an art form. I am glad that I read this book. Hemingway is of course, well, Hemingway. There is a good deal of macho "man's man" material and at least a hint of what is now considered homophobia. Some reader's may be offended by some of this material and nomenclature. Thank You...
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- mch21211
- 21-07-2018
Narrator Makes This Book
I recently finished Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises," so I thought I would go ahead and read this book. I thought it was a novel, but not at all, rather a study on bullfighting. Reading the book as text was laborious, and I am certain I would have stopped after the first few chapters. Fortunately, I had the Audible version! I didn't realize until the credits that the narrator was Boyd Gaines, a well-respected Broadway actor. Mr. Gaines excellent narration managed to make a dry book interesting.
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- M.A.
- 07-02-2013
Disappointing
The only well written part of the book is the final chapter in which Hemingway writes of his memories of Spain. Otherwise reads like a poor series of newspaper reports about bull fighting.
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- Charly
- 25-06-2011
Unmissable if you have an interest in the subject
I have always loved this book (I have four separate editions of it). If you are interested in the subject it is an essential read, if you are not it will probably bore you. If this book were written about any era it would still be wonderful, but the atmosphere of the 30's makes it even better.
If you enjoy it I would recommend buying the book (as old an edition as possible) for the wonderful photographs that breath life into the main protagonists.
The only downside for me (as is the case so often) is the narrator.
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- Luke De Garis
- 12-04-2019
Fascinating listen.
A travel guide to 1930s Spanish Bullfighting shouldn't be that entertaining, but this is wonderful.
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- scubaking
- 28-02-2017
I am an expert on bullfighting
Before having read this book, i mistakenly thought it dealt with themes of suicide. this disapointed me. hemingway is relentless in this book. he is very precise and detailed in his description of the sport. A bullfight is a tragedy. you learn so much about fear and the complexity of bullfighting. i have never seen a bullfight and i believe that all forms of cruelty against animals is wrong. however, after having read this book i find myself very curious to witness this sport to better undertstand this book. this book is relentless. you walk away having taken a great deal of knowledge on the sport. i have not detered from my belief that this sport is babaric but i also feel that i cannot judge this sport before witnessing this first hand. only then will i have an honest opinion on the matter.
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