Having watched bullfighting in Pamplona's viscerally exciting venue, Ernest Hemingway fell in love with its culture, and in this illustrated 1932 tract he passionately shares his love of the sport and traces its modern history. Likening bullfighting to a solemn religious or artistic rite, Hemingway also finds parallels between the matadors and his own quest as a writer, seeking an authentic, emotionally intense experience.