|
Showing 1 - 7 of
7 matches in All Departments
When an ageing, impoverished nobleman decides to style himself "Don
Quixote" and embarks upon a series of daring endeavours, it is
clear that his ability to distinguish between reality and the
fantasy world of literary romance has broken down. His exploits
turn into comic misadventures, in which everyday objects are
transformed into the accoutrements of chivalry, peasant girls
become princesses and windmills are mistaken for formidable giants,
leading the hero and his squire Sancho Panza into the realms of
absurdity and humiliation. Renowned for its comical set pieces, Don
Quixote is a profound meditation on the relationship between truth
and fiction and the morality of deception, as well as the
foundation stone of the modern novel.
|
Don Quixote (Paperback)
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra; Translated by Tom Lathrop
1
|
R330
R291
Discovery Miles 2 910
Save R39 (12%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
Complete and unabridged, "Don Quixote" is the epic tale of the man
from La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza. Their
picaresque adventures in the world of seventeenth-century Spain
form the basis of one of the great treasures of Western literature.
In a new translation that "comes closest, among the modern
translations, to the simple, intimate, direct style that
characterizes Cervantes' narrative,"* "Don Quixote" is a novel that
is both immortal satire of an outdated chivalric code and a biting
portrayal of an age in which nobility was a form of madness.
*John J. Allen, Professor Emeritus of Spanish, University of
Kentucky and Past President of the Cervantes Society of
America
|
|