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Into The Arena: The World of the Spanish Bullfight by [Alexander Fiske-Harrison, Nicolás Haro]

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'Whether or not the artistic quality of the bullfight outweighs the moral question of the animals' suffering is something that each person must decide for themselves - as they must decide whether the taste of a steak justifies the death of a cow. But if we ignore the possibility that one does outweigh the other, we fall foul of the charge of self-deceit and incoherence in our dealings with animals.' Alexander Fiske-Harrison

In a remarkable and controversial book Fiske-Harrison follows the tracks of a whole bullfighting year in Spain. He trains and takes part in the sport himself. He gives us memorable portraits of bull-fighters and bulls, of owners, trainers and fans - of a whole country. Fiske-Harrison offers a fully rounded and involving portrait of an art as performed for centuries and of the arguments that dog it today.

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Profile Books
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26 May 2011
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An informative and breathtaking volume of gonzo journalism

The essential incongruity of an Englishman in the ring makes this book an engrossing introduction to bullfighting

He [Fiske-Harrison] develops a taste for the gruesome spectacle, but what makes the book work is that he never loses his disgust for it...what I really enjoyed about Into the Arena is that after nearly 300 pages I still couldn't quite decide whether bullfighting should be banned or allowed to flourish

Into the Arena begins by brilliantly capturing a fascinating, intoxicating culture ... Provides an intriguing introduction to Spain's "great feast of art and danger"

Entertaining ... bears comparison with Kenneth Tynan's outstanding book Bull Fever

Whatever you think of Alexander Fiske-Harrison's account of his quest to become a bullfighter, you have to admire his guts ... His descriptions of the fights are compelling and lyrical, and his explanation of different uses of the matador's capes is illuminating ... This complex and ambitious book examines not only life in the bullring but also Spain's cultural identity and modern ideas of masculinity

Transposes the spectacle into words with great success

A really, really good read

Fantastic... it's a fascinating insight into a world we know little about but are quick to judge --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2011Alexander Fiske-Harrison has spent a year travelling with bullfighters to watch them work in the bullrings and ranches of Spain. Along the way he has entered the ring and ran with the bulls in Pamplona and trained with world famous matador Eduardo Dávila Miura and is on a personal quest to fight a bull in the ring with the aim of winning --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005IYT9X2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Profile Books; Main edition (26 May 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3425 KB
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Alexander Rupert Fiske-Harrison (born 22 July 1976) is an English author and journalist, broadcaster and conservationist. His writing has been noted for his immersion in his subject matter. He also trained and worked for some years as a Method actor.

For his first book Into The Arena: The World Of The Spanish Bullfight, which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2011, he became a bullfighter.

For his second, Fiesta: How To Survive The Bulls Of Pamplona, to which the Mayor of Pamplona wrote the foreword, he became a bull-runner.

He is currently researching wolves, dogs and human-canine interactions and common history for a book provisionally titled The Land Of Wolves.

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sam_acw

The best book I've read this year

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 9 April 2014

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One of the best I've read for a while - to be honest I was sad when I finished it. The difficult morality of the bullfight, combined with the history and the otherworldliness of this Spanish art make this book a great read. In trying to ape Hemingway, Alexander Fiske-Harrison has "done the thing" and managed to create an intriguing, readable and generally excellent book.

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Mr. R. D. Wilson

excellent insight into the world of the bullfight and the matador.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 9 August 2014

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I really enjoyed this book. AFH has an obvious privileged background and it shows with the apparent ease that AFH is adopted by and just seems to be accepted into the Spanish bullfighting fraternity, but fair play to the man for having the cojones to get in the ring with a bull and to run in Pamplona. Coincidentally, my first visit to Pamplona was the day in 2009 the guy from Madrid was killed by the bull cappuccino who I later saw killed in my first bullfight later that evening. I didn't run but I saw the aftermath. What a crazy town that is during San fermin.

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Joern Klepper

Alexanders book is very fresh, outspoken and important

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 11 March 2015

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Most of the books about bullfighting from the last 10-20 years - are written or photographed by quite old guys - like me.
Alexanders book is very fresh and very outspoken and very important - and I know it has recruited a lot of new english spoken aficionados already.
If you are curious - please read this book - and you will have a new adventures world - and many vibrant pleasant Spanish evenings ahead of you...

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Blodwyn

Into the Arena

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 November 2013

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I love Xander's book. It's difficult being a British aficionada of Los Toros - all books about this subject are welcome in my home

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Matty B

An excellent read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 2 October 2012

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This book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in Bullfighting and the way of life that surrounds it. Whether you are pro or anti bullfight, the author is sure to engage you and illustrate the hypocrisy in much of the western world regarding this emotive subject.

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