Shadow of a Bull (Novel-Ties) - Softcover

9780881229066: Shadow of a Bull (Novel-Ties)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881229067 ISBN 13: 9780881229066

Manolo Olivar was the son of his father. Which may not seem like a necessary thing to say. But in Manolo's case it is. For his father had been Juan Olivar, the greatest bullfighter in all Spain. And Manolo was his son in two special ways: one, he looked just like his father; and two, everyone expected that he, Manolo Olivar, would repeat the success of his father, would be just what his father had been - a fighter of bulls and a killer of death.

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Review

"It is hard to imagine a child...who would not be enthralled by this book."

-- "New Yorker"

"This book is a must.... Anyone who starts "Shadow of a Bull" will finish it in a single sitting."

-- "New York Times"

About the Author

Maia Wojciechowska's family fled Poland during World War II and emigrated to the United States after the war. She worked as an undercover detective, a motorcycle racer, a translator for Radio Free Europe, and a bullfighter before turning to writing. She was a friend of Ernest Hemingway, who said she knew more about bullfighting than any other woman.

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