Widening its river banks, expanding its range, the roman fleuve of
SanFermin 2 races on in full torrent. Change is coming to the
cuadrilla. And, as Spain plunges feverishly into the modern world,
change is coming to San Fermin. Mushrooming television coverage.
The movies and the admen arrive. Balconies start being rented to
view the bullrun. The local cartoon T shirts are on every back and
marketed in every shop window. The systematic selling of the fiesta
has begun. For the habituals, the fiesta more and more immerses
them in a Proustian memory palace that balances and contrasts past
history and their present actions. As the cuadrilla become more
deeply involved with the Navarrans of Pamplona and the pueblos,
some find themselves eyewitnesses to history, swept up in the large
events unfolding over the last decade and a half of the 20th
century. Israel, India, Egypt, Iran, and Africa. From the Berlin
Wall to the Gulf War. Speculation in Silicon Valley. Midnight
assignations in a Paris cemetery. Chasing opals and legends in
Mexico. Dead men tell tales. Skeletons begin to escape their
closets. Past and present coexisting, coiling upon each other as
the end of the century and the new millennium loom into view. New
faces step up to join the dance. Tragedies and triumphs occur.
Warriors fall. The inevitable changing of the guard. Unknown
accounts of Hemingway surface. Marceliano's closes its doors. Death
comes to the encierro for the first time in 15 years. The first
foreigner to die. An American...
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2013 |
First published: |
April 2013 |
Authors: |
Jesse Graham
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
440 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4827-3575-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-4827-3575-X |
Barcode: |
9781482735758 |
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