Blood and Sand
work by Blasco Ibáñez
Also known as: “Sangre y arena”
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Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena) is a 1909 novel by Spanish writer Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. It is a realistic depiction of the world of bullfighting in Spain, focusing on the life of a young bullfighter named Juan Gallardo. The novel explores themes of passion, ambition, and the brutal reality of the bullring, contrasting the glamour of the spectacle with the harshness of the lives involved. It was adapted into a famous film in 1941 starring Rita Hayworth and Tyrone Power.123
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