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In 1917, the figures of Juan Belmonte and its inseparable Joselito El Gallo they marked the future of bullfighting, since everything passed through the two right-handers, who left the so-called Golden Age written for history. At the end of that season, with the successes still resounding among the fans, a popular writer, José López Pinillos “Parmeno” , public «What the bullfighters confess», a book that collects the conversations he had with the two colossi and with other right-handers such as Vicente Pastor or Larita.
The author of “Las águilas”, “An Eye for an Eye” and “The Blood of Christ” is found in his office, “very toasted and very strong, stronger than ever” and ready for anything.
-Ea, ask you, that I will answer what is necessary …
And bluntly he raises the criticism that some fans made then about an alleged lack of fans of the idol.
-And everything, because I like to read, is it that bullfighters should bray instead of reading?
El Pasmo de Triana, who confesses that he only read in winter or while he was recovering from a goring, had just read three volumes of Maupassant, which summarized:
-With ‘Anton’, the fat man who is like a broody hen, I laughed a lot, and ‘The Tramp’ impressed me. I wish Maupassant had nasido in Spain. That was indeed a phenomenon. Of Alarcón I have read “The Prodigal.” From Ayala, «La pata de la raposá». It’s what has convinced me the most about him.
-And what book do you prefer from those of Valle-Inclán?
-From Don Ramón, «Romanse de lobos» (Romance of wolves). It is very beautiful. “La asusena roja” (The Red Lily) is what has come to me the most, by Anatole Franco. Some things from “The Garden of Epicurus” crossed my mind. You will understand that my educasión, not was that of a duke, does not allow me to recreate myself with siertas plays. On the other hand, with those who do not have philosophies .. With «Las águilas» …
“Go ahead, go ahead … Do you know anything about Palacio Valdés?” López Pinillos insisted.
“I mean!” “Sister San Sulpisio” (Sister San Sulpicio), which is a monument. Albora I have devour, for a quarter ves, after swallowing “Pipa”, by Clarín, which moved me; “Fortunata and Jacinta”, by Don Benito, which is colossal, and “Saturday night”, by Benavente. And enough is enough, because people are going to say that i’m corny. Many still believe that bullfighters should walk on all fours pa be good bullfighters, Right?
-Truth is. And that reading takes away fewer faculties than getting drunk.
The interviewer changes third and asks him to talk about his bullfighting.
-If I don’t know … Word! I don’t know the rules I don’t have rules, I don’t believe in rules. I “feel” bullfighting, and without paying attention to rules, I do it my way. That of the land, that of the bug and that of the man, I stand up a potato. If the matador dominates the bull, to the terrain belongs to the matador, and if the bull dominates the matador, to the terrain belongs to the bull. That is the fixed. And the temper, command, stop and pick up depends on the nerves of the tocaor and the wood of the guitar. Understand me?
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