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Juan Belmonte, matador de toros es una de las mejores biografías escritas en España durante el siglo XX. Su autor, Chaves Nogales, había conocido a Belmonte poco tiempo antes de la publicación del libro y aunque no era aficionado a los toros congeniaron enseguida. La calidad humana del personaje, su espíritu de superación y su talante conciliador, raro en la crispada sociedad española de la época, fueron algunas de las cualidades que atrajeron al autor y que le animaron a escribir una biografía del famoso torero. En la narración las voces de biógrafo y biografiado se mezclan, sin que se sepa donde empieza a hablar uno y dónde acaba el otro, y fruto de este genial planteamiento los recuerdos de Belmonte se suceden con asombrosa naturalidad: su infancia sevillana, los años de durísimo aprendizaje, el pintoresquismo de los círculos taurinos y literarios, la fama, su rivalidad con Joselito... Juan Belmonte, matador de toros es el testimonio agudo y fiel de una época, una obra maestra fruto del encuentro entre dos personas extraordinarias: Juan Belmonte, fundador del toreo moderno, y Chaves Nogales, uno de los periodistas españoles más importantes de la primera mitad del siglo XX.

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Manuel Chaves Nogales . . . never wrote lightly, and his dry and well-educated writing is still a rare example of anti-rhetorical tension, unorthodoxy, and committment to the best of his time. -- El Mundo

A biography that I see and read like a novel. --Javier Marias, columnist, El Pais, and author, A Heart So White Manuel Chaves Nogales . . . never wrote lightly, and his dry and well-educated writing is still a rare example of anti-rhetorical tension, unorthodoxy, and committment to the best of his time. --El Mundo

A biography that I see and read like a novel. Javier Marias, columnist, El Pais, and author, A Heart So White Manuel Chaves Nogales . . .never wrote lightly, and his dry and well-educated writing is still a rare example of anti-rhetorical tension, unorthodoxy, andcommittment to the best of his time. El Mundo A biography that I see and read like a novel. --Javier Marias, columnist, El Pais , and author, A Heart So White Manuel Chaves Nogales . . . never wrote lightly, and his dry and well-educated writing is still a rare example of anti-rhetorical tension, unorthodoxy, and committment to the best of his time. -- El Mundo

Manuel Chaves Nogales . . .never wrote lightly, and his dry and well-educated writing is still a rare example of anti-rhetorical tension, unorthodoxy, andcommittment to the best of his time. El Mundo

A biography that I see and read like a novel. --Javier Marias, columnist, El Pais , and author, A Heart So White Manuel Chaves Nogales . . . never wrote lightly, and his dry and well-educated writing is still a rare example of anti-rhetorical tension, unorthodoxy, and committment to the best of his time. -- El Mundo A biography that I see and read like a novel. Javier Marias, columnist, El Pais, and author, A Heart So White Manuel Chaves Nogales . . .never wrote lightly, and his dry and well-educated writing is still a rare example of anti-rhetorical tension, unorthodoxy, andcommittment to the best of his time. El Mundo

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Manuel Chaves Nogales is a journalist and author best known for his books on Spain and Russia.

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