Word: matadores
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...story centers on the life, love, and fear of Luis Bello, matador de torros. He is one of the top bull fighters of Mexico, the one the small arena at Cuenca wants for its grand festival. But before this corrida occurs, Luis goes into a slump. An older matador is killed by a bull, Luis' girl and his best friend are killed together in an automobile crash, and Luis Bello can no longer stand up to the bulls. For the first time in his career, he is afraid of the horns. Forced into the Cuenca corrida, Luis conquers his fear...
Luis Bello, the experienced matador, gradually becomes aware of the power of the bulls and afraid of their horns. His wariness makes him a poor fighter. A fine contrast is created between Luis and his younger brother, Pepe, a new matador who is eager to fight and does not know of fear. The spirit of the fight eventually returns to Luis and drives out the fear, but the reader is left with a vivid impression of the power of sharp horns...
...have changed the course of the corrida at Cuenca on Saint Barbara's Day. For example, if Eladio Gomez, tight-fisted impresario of the little Mexican bull ring, had not taken a second tequila one morning he might never have signed up Luis Bello, the famous and expensive matador. If Matador...
...most important coincidence, however, is that just a week before the event in Cuenca the matador faces a moment worse than any he has known in the bull ring: his mistress and his best friend are killed in an auto smashup after spending the weekend together. Matador Bello, knowing in his bones that both have betrayed him, feels uncontrollable fear for the first time. At the gate of the Cuenca bull ring, his mouth is dry, his palms...
Among all the 50,000 people in the ring, nervous, 23-year-old Rafael Rodriguez wanted most the approval of Rodolfo Gaona. His nod would add thousands of pesos to the matador's earnings. But approval, if it came, would be only a milder-than-usual insult. Who had a better right to be critical? The old man was the greatest bullfighter Mexico ever produced, and one of the greatest in the world's history...