Death in the Afternoon Author:Ernest Hemingway DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON is Ernest Hemingway's classic work on the art of bullfighting. It tells of the bullfighters and the bulls, the bravery and cowardice, the pageantry and the history -- enlivened by Hemingway's pungent comments on life and literature. Hemingway developed his own original style of extraordinary clarity, subtlety and power. H... more »is work all deals with timeless themes of human courage and endurance.« less