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Don Quixote (Hardcover)
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Don Quixote (Hardcover)
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"Don Quixote looms so wonderfully above the skylines of literature,
a gaunt giant on a lean nag, that the book lives and will live
through his sheer vitality...The parody has become a
paragon."-Vladimir Nabokov "A more profound and powerful work than
this is not to be met with...The final and greatest utterance of
the human mind."- Fyodor Dostoyevsky Miguel de Cervantes' Don
Quixote is regarded not only as the first modern novel, but also as
one of the most important works of fiction ever produced. The
subtle and hopeful irony, resplendent variety of characters and its
thoroughly entertaining sense of adventure and friendship has
dazzled readers for more than four hundred years. It was published
in Spain in two volumes, first in 1605 then followed by the second
in 1615. Cervantes' use of realism and everyday language in Don
Quixote was revolutionary at the time, and its influence on the
development of literature may only be surpassed by the work of
Shakespeare. In the opening of this extraordinary book, Alonso
Quijano, a noble living in sixteenth-century Spain, has become
consumed with the act of reading, and subsequently assumes the
identity of the chivalrous knights that he loves to read about.
Transformed into Don Quixote, he embarks on his first ill-fated
journey as a "knight". The defeated Quixote returns home, to only
prepare himself better for the next adventure of delusion. On his
second journey Quixote has enlisted the peasant Sancho Panza to
appropriate the role of his squire. Although the duo is
ridiculously mismatched in every sense, their inextricable bond is
one of the most fascinating of friendships ever created on paper.
Between their disordered adventures -of battling windmills and
herds of sheep and endless mishaps- are the stories of those who
are encountered on the journey. The book eventually becomes a hall
of mirrors, and Cervantes explores preconceptions of narrative,
reliability, and morality that are strikingly modern. Ultimately,
Quixote's preposterous fantasies become haunting as the reader of
this book will surely begin to question what is real and what is
not. The story of Don Quixote has been adapted into numerous forms,
including opera, musicals, ballets, music and film. With an
eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this
edition of Don Quixote is both modern and readable.
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