ISBN: 9780679602866

Don Quixote is practically unthinkable as a living being," said novelist Milan Kundera. "And yet, in our memory, what character is more alive?"-Widely regarded as the world''s first moder… Más…

Don Quixote is practically unthinkable as a living being," said novelist Milan Kundera. "And yet, in our memory, what character is more alive?"-Widely regarded as the world''s first modern novel, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. This Modern Library edition presents the acclaimed Samuel Putnam translation of the epic tale, complete with notes, variant readings, and an Introduction by the translator.-The debt owed to Cervantes by literature is immense. From Milan Kundera: "Cervan-tes is the founder of the Modern Era. . . . The novelist need answer to no one but Cervantes." Lionel Trilling observed: "It can be said that all prose fiction is a variation on the theme of Don Quixote." Vladmir Nabo-kov wrote: "Don Quixote is greater today than he was in Cervantes''s womb. [He] looms so wonderfully above the skyline of literature, a gaunt giant on a lean nag, that the book lives and will live through [his] sheer vitality. . . . He stands for everything that is gentle, forlorn, pure, unselfish, and gallant. The parody has become a paragon." And V. S. Pritchett observed: "Don Quixote begins as a province, turns into Spain, and ends as a universe. . . . The true spell of Cervantes is that he is a natural magician in pure story-telling."The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foun-dation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library''s seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torchbearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as well as inaugurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern Library continues to provide the world''s best books, at the best prices. | Don Quixote De La Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Fiction > Classics P10140, Miguel De Cervantes<

1998, ISBN: 9780679602866

auteur: de Cervantes, Miguel, Vertaler: Putnam, Samuel, Modern Library, Hardcover, 1280 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-07-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780679602866, 1.95 … Más…

auteur: de Cervantes, Miguel, Vertaler: Putnam, Samuel, Modern Library, Hardcover, 1280 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-07-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780679602866, 1.95 kg, Verkaufsrang: 90157, Klassiekers, Actie & avontuur, Literatuur & fictie, Categorieën, Boeken, Klassieken, Historisch, Genrefictie, Genres & stijlen, Geschiedenis & kritiek, Spaans & Portugees, Europees, Regionaal & cultureel, Literair, Engelstalige boeken, Specialty Stores, Modern Library, 1998<

ISBN: 9780679602866

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