Product Description: 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 de 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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - worth reading
If i had to read just one book, it would probably be this book. there is something at work on all 1000 pages. so much of sancho's wisdom and don quixote's drive are in this book.
Rating: - Relatively hard to read
I ordered this version while I was waiting on a physical copy of Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) to ship. There are two notable differences. First the Penguin version is more complete. This one is missing the sonets at the beginning (which are mentioned in the forward by the author) and the penguin version has lots of useful footnotes (translations of phrases and references to the books that Don Quixote is obsessed with). The missing footnotes are more then just scolarly tidbits, they help translate ... Read More
Rating: - terrible -- would not recommend
I have been a teacher for seventeen years. I currently teach Spanish to children in grades k-8. I was hoping to share this book with my fourth or fifth grade students as part of their cultural studies. In college, I majored in Spanish and education, where I had the opportunity to read some of the original Don Quixote by Cervantes. This rendition by Argentina Palacios is both poorly written and not appropriate for children ages 9-12, as advertised.
The story is written with simplistic ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent choice
My daughter was very happy with this book as a Christmas gift. Arrived on time and in excellent condition.
Rating: - The Most Literal Translation from Cervantes' Spanish
If you care about textual integrity, Starkie's is the translation for you. I've compared certain phrases from the original Spanish by Cervantes and, of all the English versions I've seen, this is the most faithful. There is another version out there, often Nortonized, that leads the reader possibly astray from author intention. For instance, in Part One, Chapter Five, Putnam quotes Quixote as saying, "I know who I am, and who I may be, if I choose..." The original says, "I know who I am..." and proceeds ... Read More
- worth reading
- Relatively hard to read
- terrible -- would not recommend
- The Most Literal Translation from Cervantes' Spanish