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Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
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Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 863.3
EAN: 9780142437230
ISBN: 0142437239
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 1072
Publication Date: 2003-02-25
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Product Release Date: 2003-02-25
Studio: Penguin Classics
Dewey Decimal Number: 863.3
EAN: 9780142437230
ISBN: 0142437239
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 1072
Publication Date: 2003-02-25
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Product Release Date: 2003-02-25
Studio: Penguin Classics
Editorial Review of Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
Don Quixote, errant knight and sane madman, with the company of his faithful squire and wise fool, Sancho Panza, together roam the world and haunt readers' imaginations as they have for nearly four hundred years.
Translated with Notes by John Rutherford
Introduction by Roberto González Echevarría
Translated with Notes by John Rutherford
Introduction by Roberto González Echevarría
Customer Reviews of Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Charming Classic
Review: If you dont enjoy the classics because they are so boring and dry, then dont read any, except for Don Quixote. It is surprising not like most classics, not how you would expect a 400 year old book to be. Its very readable, with themes and personal interactions that you could find in modern novels. Its written in a slightly comedic fashion, and has many little stories within the main one. Its a pleasure to read, and in doing so you can think about the millions of people who have read exactly what you have read in each of the last four centuries.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Don Quixote is emblematical of modern day politics.
Review: I have read this book several times and always find it refreshing, entertaining and thought-provoking. There is a little Don Quixote in all of us and perhaps recognizing that will do us some good.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Sublime...
Review: This translation is actually the best that I have encountered. It is impossible to bring anything terribly critical to such a masterwork (yes, it's one of the few, the proud, the brave). If one were to critique, it would have to be based upon the translation, and again, I find this one to be extraordinarily acceptable and accessible.
I think it's important for readers to know (after reading this particular translation, or any of the recent best) the very crucial gap in time between the first "installment" of this saga and the "second." Problems have arisen in the past, in terms of translations, when the reader is presented with what is essentially one book and a sequel, but this translation militates against some of the usual difficulties.
Essentially, this is one of the great works of human literature that stands the test of time and remains as vibrant today as it was in the day of Cervantes. Supreme characterizations. Supreme wit. Supreme prose. Supreme insight.
If you don't fall in love with Don Quixote and his deliciously hapless "squire," you simply have no soul. Having read it again, I can say that this is a book that brings bittersweet tears to the eyes...simply because it has to end.
Students of the progressive development of the "novel" across what we may very loosely term "modernity" cannot bypass this seminal, pivotal, CRUCIAL component. To do so would be anathema...complete impotence. In fact, I cannot imagine any serious reader of literature (contemporary or otherwise) failing to read and absorb this jewel of human accomplishment.
When an inexpensive edition like this is carefully handled and reverently preserved (for even the most humble library), the enormity of the "pap" we are offered by current "literature" becomes all the more galling.
Long live any and all "Enchanters."
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Absolutely delightful
Review: Funny that despite it's renown, I didn't really know what to expect when I decided to read Don Quixote. It's a sublimely hilarious meditation on the nature of belief, madness, religion, passion, ambition, creativity...life itself.
I did have a brief period early on where I thought the 'gag' was getting a bit tired, but that was short-lived, as perhaps I realized (if only subconsciously) that this 'gag' was in fact a profound device with which to consider all of the above topics, and by the end I found myself not wanting it to end.
Monty Python, at least 'Holy Grail', owes their life to this book, and in fact I couldn't stop picturing John Cleese as Don Quixote the whole time. I also started thinking Ricky Gervais would make a great Sancho Panza...
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Read it. Amazing longevity.
Review: It will keep you smiling and laughing from start to finish. It is not a monumental book you will find yourself struggling to finish. You will be happily reading page after page. As funny as the day it was written. If you are even mildly considering this book, buy it. You will not be dissapointed.
Review Summary: Charming Classic
Review: If you dont enjoy the classics because they are so boring and dry, then dont read any, except for Don Quixote. It is surprising not like most classics, not how you would expect a 400 year old book to be. Its very readable, with themes and personal interactions that you could find in modern novels. Its written in a slightly comedic fashion, and has many little stories within the main one. Its a pleasure to read, and in doing so you can think about the millions of people who have read exactly what you have read in each of the last four centuries.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Don Quixote is emblematical of modern day politics.
Review: I have read this book several times and always find it refreshing, entertaining and thought-provoking. There is a little Don Quixote in all of us and perhaps recognizing that will do us some good.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Sublime...
Review: This translation is actually the best that I have encountered. It is impossible to bring anything terribly critical to such a masterwork (yes, it's one of the few, the proud, the brave). If one were to critique, it would have to be based upon the translation, and again, I find this one to be extraordinarily acceptable and accessible.
I think it's important for readers to know (after reading this particular translation, or any of the recent best) the very crucial gap in time between the first "installment" of this saga and the "second." Problems have arisen in the past, in terms of translations, when the reader is presented with what is essentially one book and a sequel, but this translation militates against some of the usual difficulties.
Essentially, this is one of the great works of human literature that stands the test of time and remains as vibrant today as it was in the day of Cervantes. Supreme characterizations. Supreme wit. Supreme prose. Supreme insight.
If you don't fall in love with Don Quixote and his deliciously hapless "squire," you simply have no soul. Having read it again, I can say that this is a book that brings bittersweet tears to the eyes...simply because it has to end.
Students of the progressive development of the "novel" across what we may very loosely term "modernity" cannot bypass this seminal, pivotal, CRUCIAL component. To do so would be anathema...complete impotence. In fact, I cannot imagine any serious reader of literature (contemporary or otherwise) failing to read and absorb this jewel of human accomplishment.
When an inexpensive edition like this is carefully handled and reverently preserved (for even the most humble library), the enormity of the "pap" we are offered by current "literature" becomes all the more galling.
Long live any and all "Enchanters."
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Absolutely delightful
Review: Funny that despite it's renown, I didn't really know what to expect when I decided to read Don Quixote. It's a sublimely hilarious meditation on the nature of belief, madness, religion, passion, ambition, creativity...life itself.
I did have a brief period early on where I thought the 'gag' was getting a bit tired, but that was short-lived, as perhaps I realized (if only subconsciously) that this 'gag' was in fact a profound device with which to consider all of the above topics, and by the end I found myself not wanting it to end.
Monty Python, at least 'Holy Grail', owes their life to this book, and in fact I couldn't stop picturing John Cleese as Don Quixote the whole time. I also started thinking Ricky Gervais would make a great Sancho Panza...
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Read it. Amazing longevity.
Review: It will keep you smiling and laughing from start to finish. It is not a monumental book you will find yourself struggling to finish. You will be happily reading page after page. As funny as the day it was written. If you are even mildly considering this book, buy it. You will not be dissapointed.