Leave Them Wanting Gore Death Is an Act Worthy of Celebration, Argues Edward Lewine in His Passionate Portrait of Bullfighting.

The HeraldJuly 09, 2005

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THE tourist stumbling through the debilitating heat of urban Spain will experience a strange but regular occurrence.

Searching for a point of reference, they will look for a street name. Partially obscured by dust or rendered almost illegible by the blinding rays of sun, the answer will slowly reveal itself under a squinting scrutiny: Calle Alexander Fleming.

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Leave Them Wanting Gore Death Is an Act Worthy of Celebration, Argues Edward Lewine in His Passionate Portrait of Bullfighting.

Fleming owes this ubiquity to a Spanish reverence for his creation of penicillin; a discovery that has saved the limb and life of many a matador. Thus the Spanish fascination with bullfighting and all its works finds expression even in the most humble of streets and alleys.

Bullfighting is branded into the soul of Spain. It i...

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