by Alexander Fiske-Harrison · Profile Books · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781846683350
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«Into the Arena» is Alexander Fiske-Harrison's essay about bullfighting, published by Profile Books in paperback (284 pages, in English).
Fiske-Harrison spends a year following bullfighters around the bullrings and cattle ranches of Spain, enters the ring, runs in the encierros in Pamplona and trains with the matador Eduardo Dávila Miura with the intention of fighting bulls. The book portrays bullfighters, fighting bulls, ranchers and aficionados, and addresses the century-old tradition of the spectacle and the controversies surrounding it.
The full title is Into the Arena: The World of the Spanish Bullfight. The work, published in 2011, includes bibliographic references (pp. 278-280).
For readers interested in bullfighting, Spanish culture and narrative travel journalism.
