Coleccion Libros de Bolsillo: Don Quijote de la Mancha (Hardcover)

from page520

I loved this book. I possess a great imagination and it was put to use in Don Quixote. I hope I have committed to memory so many of scenes that made me pause and smile. Part II Chapter XLVIII — “Jesus! What am I seeing?” Scene will stay with me forever.

from stillatim

My wife asked me how this was, and I told her it was really, really great and that I really looked forward to reading it and so on. She said "Well, it's a 'classic,' right?" Well, yes. But there are many, many classics that I've read and have no intention of reading again, or that I couldn't pick...

from ZoharLaor

This is by far the translation of Don Quixote I have enjoyed the most. I do not know if Ms. Grossman's translation does justice to the original Spanish version because I haven't read it but I enjoyed this book tremendously. I enjoyed that Ms. Grossman tried to capture not only the story, but also...

from theokester

Often called the most influential work of Spanish literature, Don Quixote is another classic novel that I've always meant to read but never made the time. Nearly two decades ago while living in a Spanish speaking country, I picked up a Spanish copy of Don Quixote with the plan to read the book as...

from Ljrei77

If you take this at face value, it is still a rather good novel. The adventures of Quixote and Sancho are quite hilarious to this day. However, looking beyond the antics of the two this story directly adresses the question of "What is the self and how is it defined?". Is Quixote mad or is he atte...