in our time, chapter 2: "The first matador got the horn"

One True Podcast - Een podcast door Mark Cirino and Michael Von Cannon

Welcome to the second of our eighteen shows celebrating the centenary of the Paris edition of Hemingway’s book of vignettes, in our time.In this scene, Hemingway puts us into a chaotic bullfighting scene, with gorings, hooting crowds, and a kid who tries to save the day. We discuss how this early sketch prefigures Hemingway’s career-long fascination with the bullfight and the problem of depicting it. Just two chapters into this year-long read of in our time, patterns are beginning to emerge. ...

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