{"product_id":"don-quixote-miguel-cervantes","title":"Don Quixote (Miguel Cervantes)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prize-winning translation of Miguel de Cervantes's mock-epic masterwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by his squire, the cunning Sancho Panza. As they roam the world together, the aging Quixote's fancy leads them wildly astray, tilting at windmills, fighting with friars, and distorting the rural Spanish landscape into a fantasy of impenetrable fortresses and wicked sorcerers. At the same time the relationship between the two men grows in fascinating subtlety. Often considered to be the first modern novel, \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful burlesque of the popular literature its disordered protagonist is obsessed with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Rutherford's landmark translation of \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2002 Premio Valle Inclan prize for translation. His introduction discusses the traditional works parodied in \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e and issues of literary translation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'John Rutherford makes \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote \u003c\/i\u003efunny and readable ... His Quixote can be pompous, imposingly learned, secretly fearful, mad and touching' Colin Burrow, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMiguel Cervantes (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Miguel de Cervantes Saaverda's (1547-1616) life was occupied with a struggle to earn a livelihood from literature and humble government employment.  As well as \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e, he wrote a number of plays and a collection of highly accomplished short stories, \u003ci\u003eExemplary Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (1613).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 1056 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65809597989213,"sku":"K053632202","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5363220200001A.jpg?v=1788511112","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/don-quixote-miguel-cervantes","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}