![]() ![]() The reader follows the bulls from their breeding to their "sorting" to the pageantry and spectacle of the bullring, where picadors and banderilleros prepare the bull for the entrance of the matador with his red cape. The story focuses on bullfighting, but also provides insight into Mexican culture. Overall, I can recommend Poland, but it is a lot of book to get there. They often seem to me like an alphabet soup of consonants with only a stray vowel now and then to aid in pronunciation. Many parts of this novel are better told in other books that are content to address specific parts of Polish history. I had shied away from reading James Micheners 'Poland', even though Michener is one of my favorite authors, because I was intimidated by Polish names. If you dig deep enough it is rich in food for thought. Through the memories of the book's narrator, Norman Clay, an American journalist of Spanish and Indian descent, Michener provides plenty of historical background, including a depiction of the fictitious Indian civilization that once flourished on the city's periphery. Somewhere in the novel, Poland, Michener does have a story to tell. The occasion is the annual bullfighting festival, at which two matadors - one an acclaimed hero of the sport, the other a scrapping contender - are prepared to fight to the death for fame and glory. ![]() The main action of Mexico takes place in Mexico over a three-day period in the fictional city of Toledo in 1961. ![]()
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