Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Bullfighting books and movies.

AI Overview
Novels featuring bullfighting include
Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and his non-fiction book Death in the Afternoon, and Tom Lea's novel The Brave Bulls. Movies that feature bullfighting include the classic silent film Blood and Sand (1922), the 1951 film Bullfighter and the Lady, and documentaries like Afternoons of Solitude (2024).
Novels
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway): A novel about the "Lost Generation" in Europe, which features the Pamplona bullfights prominently.
Death in the Afternoon (Ernest Hemingway): A non-fiction work that explores the history, ceremony, and traditions of Spanish bullfighting.
The Brave Bulls (Tom Lea): A 1949 novel about the raising of bulls for bullfighting in Mexico, which includes Lea's own illustrations.
Blood and Sand (Vicente Blasco Ibáñez): The original novel that the classic 1922 film was based on.
Shadow of a Bull (Maia Wojciechowska): A young adult novel about a boy growing up in the shadow of his famous bullfighter father. Death in the Afternoon - Wikipedia Death in the Afternoon is a non-fiction book written by Ernest Hemingway about the history, ceremony and traditions of Spanish bul... Wikipedia
Category:Bullfighting books - Wikipedia S * Shadow of a Bull. * The Story of Ferdinand. * The Sun Also Rises. Wikipedia
Popular Bullfighting Books - Goodreads
The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon Ernest Hemingway. The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf. Or the Bull Kills... Goodreads

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