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mannatr's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
4.0
ked2yk's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
3.0
I enjoyed this book. Wish I had read the glossary of bullfighting terms first but really enjoyed it by the end. The fights between Antonio and Luis Miguel were interesting and learning more about the culture behind bullfighting in the 50s was so interesting. Expanded my understanding of all that had happened. Hard to think about the number of bulls killed though.
jfl's review against another edition
3.0
The Dangerous Summer is, I believe, the last manuscript that Hemingway worked on in its totality before his death in 1961. The work is based on the 1959 mano-a-mano between Antonio Ordóñez and Luis Miguel Dominguín. Hemingway not only chronicled the competition between the two Spanish bullfighters but also his own experiences in Spain during the 1959 bullfighting season as he crisscrossed the country from Andalucía in the south to Cataluña in the northeast and points in-between.
The text itself, published in 1985, was heavily edited by Scribners. The original manuscript ran to 120,000 words and apparently included details on any number of other bullfighters in addition to Ordóñez and Dominguín. In its substantially edited 1985 version the book captures the essence of the contest between those two matadors as well as a sense of Spain and its people in the late 1950s.
Within the Hemingway canon, the book is a companion piece to The Sun Also Rises and to Death in the Afternoon with their descriptions of Spain and of bullfighting. It also provides glimpses into Hemingway’s own physical and emotional states in the last years leading up to his death.
There was for me an added attraction. My first extended stay in Spain occurred just 3 years after Hemingway’s 1959 travels. The countryside he described, the places he visited and the roads he traveled have changed greatly since that time past but they were the places, roads and by-ways that I knew first hand and that have stayed with me, etched into my memory. Reading The Dangerous Summer was a pleasant romp with nostalgia.
The text itself, published in 1985, was heavily edited by Scribners. The original manuscript ran to 120,000 words and apparently included details on any number of other bullfighters in addition to Ordóñez and Dominguín. In its substantially edited 1985 version the book captures the essence of the contest between those two matadors as well as a sense of Spain and its people in the late 1950s.
Within the Hemingway canon, the book is a companion piece to The Sun Also Rises and to Death in the Afternoon with their descriptions of Spain and of bullfighting. It also provides glimpses into Hemingway’s own physical and emotional states in the last years leading up to his death.
There was for me an added attraction. My first extended stay in Spain occurred just 3 years after Hemingway’s 1959 travels. The countryside he described, the places he visited and the roads he traveled have changed greatly since that time past but they were the places, roads and by-ways that I knew first hand and that have stayed with me, etched into my memory. Reading The Dangerous Summer was a pleasant romp with nostalgia.
tewaleerprro's review against another edition
3.0
No se si es la intención del autor pero yo también quiero pasarme un verano recorriéndome de punta a punta España, comiendo y bebiendo como ellos. Indispensable la introducción de Michener.
marcosreads's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.5
claudiaamteixeira's review against another edition
3.0
I honestly tried my hardest to read Hemingway's books, this was my third attempt and somehow I don't feel drawn to them, I honestly don't think I'll read any more of his books, and maybe I'd be missing out, but it's very frustrating for me since I feel no connection with them
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