"Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain."--Back cover.
"Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain."--Back cover.
New York Times BestsellerWidely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. Unless you read Spanish, you've never read Don Quixote as presented by the formidable translator Edith Grossman, now in deluxe paperback.
“"Grossman has given us an honest, robust and freshly revelatory Quixote for our times" -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A major literary achievement." -- Carlos Fuentes, New York Times Book Review”
A major literary achievement. --Carlos Fuentes, New York Times Book Review"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Alcal de Henares, 1547-Madrid, 1616). Espa a. Hijo de Rodrigo Cervantes, cirujano, y Leonor de Cortina. Se sabe muy poco de su infancia y adolescencia. Era el cuarto hijo entre siete. Las primeras noticias que se tienen de Cervantes son de su etapa de estudiante, en Madrid. A los veintid 's a os se fue a Italia, para acompa ar al cardenal Acquaviva. En 1571 particip en la batalla de Lepanto, donde sufri heridas en el pecho y la mano izquierda. Aunque su brazo qued inutilizado, combati despu 's en Corf , Ambarino y T nez. En 1584 se cas con Catalina de Palacios, no
New York Times Bestseller Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. Unless you read Spanish, you've never read Don Quixote as presented by the formidable translator Edith Grossman, now in deluxe paperback.
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