The Brave Bulls

"All arts, even the most abstract . . . are essentially creations to thrill. To allow [us] . . . to participate in God's designs at one step removed from the anguish of living them. Sitting safely in a chair." I picked up this slim book for escape from reality and found it dragged me back again. It is......more

"This is bullfighting from the inside, the way it looks to the people who make it a profession, and not even Ernest Hemingway at his best has ever done a better job of getting the whole thing on paper." --New York Times Book Review "The Brave Bulls has long been considered a classic of Southwestern......more

It was a pleasure to read this book which was bought at a used book store years ago. The appeal then, I admit, was the cover, but perhaps a few of my Goodreads companions have bought for the same reason. The author was a combat artist and correspondent for Life magazine during World War II, going as......more

One of the great novels of bullfighting, of which an underlying theme is courage, what it means and one previously mediocre bullfighter's epiphany that leads to momentary greatness.......more

Good writer, great artist.......more