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A bullfight in the Spanish city of Teruel. David Frey photo.
In a thought-provoking piece, the Christian Science Monitor notes that even as Catalonia has banned bullfighting, Hemingway is still regarded as the sport’s champion.
“What would Ernest Hemingway say?” asks writer Marjorie Kehe. “The American author has long been identified with the violent tradition, which he celebrated as a glorious display of courage.
Even in his time, she notes, opposition to bullfighting was growing. Hemingway, she says, viewed bullfighting not as a sport but a tragedy.
After seeing my first bullfight, I agree. It’s a tragedy. And I don’t mean that in a good way. I suspect Catalonia is just part of the gradual death of the culture of the bullfight in Spain. It will die a slower death than the bulls in the bullring, but it will die.
