Don Quixote

25th March 2006 with 6 Comments

I finished reading Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote last night. I’ve not been able to read it before but I got hold of the Edith Grosman translation which makes it much more accessible. It is a book which is deeply amusing but which, nevertheless, engages us in the human tragedy. The gentle Knight’s quest is [...]

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