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On Bullfighting
On Bullfighting
    Sex and death - our two
    greatest preoccupations
    and bullfighting brings
    them together. We have
    always been fascinated by
    the bull, its violent
    beauty and innate appeal
    as a symbol to confront
    power. And the elaborate
    choreography of the
    bullfight also provides
    us with an opportunity to
    confront our great
    obsession - death. To
    watch a bullfight is an
    extraordinary act of
    voyeurism. Beyond the
    theatre, the costumes
    and the well-worn plot is
    the fact that a man faces
    death while the crowd
    looks on. And so people
    are drawn to the arena to
    witness the ultimate
    spectator sport. They go
    to admire gracefulness
    and agility, to be
    horrified by the
    proximity of death; to
    witness a spectacle - all
    part of the business of
    watching an animal die.
    And that's why we argue
    abut bullfighting -
    whether it is a sport,
    an art form, or simply a
    type of stylised torture.
    Definitions abound, but
    none of them are
    definitive. A. L. Kennedy
    explores them all,
    guiding us through the
    maelstrom of ideas with
    all the skill and
    elegance of matador.
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On Bullfighting
On Bullfighting
    'Odd, beautiful and
    moving, On Bullfighting
    is one of the best books
    of the year' Jeanette
    Winterson Bullfighting -
    this complicated,
    repellent, fascinating,
    grotesque, sacramental,
    ugly, ritualistic,
    haphazard and blasphemous
    fight. Hemingway, Conrad
    and Lorca have all
    written about it, now
    it's the turn of
    acclaimed novelist AL
    Kennedy. Unpealing the
    layers she looks beyond
    the theatre, the
    costume, the erotic
    dance and the well-worn
    plot and focuses on the
    fact that a man faces his
    death while a crowd looks
    on.'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' Julian
    Barnes'informative,
    minutely observed and
    beautifully written' Dea
    Birkett, THE
    INDEPENDENT'Kennedy
    notches up another
    incisive hit Brutal,
    brittle and brilliant'
    THE LIST, Glasgow
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£6.29
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On Bullfighting
On Bullfighting
    'Odd, beautiful and
    moving, On Bullfighting
    is one of the best books
    of the year' Jeanette
    Winterson Bullfighting -
    this complicated,
    repellent, fascinating,
    grotesque, sacramental,
    ugly, ritualistic,
    haphazard and blasphemous
    fight. Hemingway, Conrad
    and Lorca have all
    written about it, now
    it's the turn of
    acclaimed novelist AL
    Kennedy. Unpealing the
    layers she looks beyond
    the theatre, the
    costume, the erotic
    dance and the well-worn
    plot and focuses on the
    fact that a man faces his
    death while a crowd looks
    on.'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' Julian
    Barnes'informative,
    minutely observed and
    beautifully written' Dea
    Birkett, THE
    INDEPENDENT'Kennedy
    notches up another
    incisive hit Brutal,
    brittle and brilliant'
    THE LIST, Glasgow
Availability: In Stock
£7.14
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