{"product_id":"don-quixote-9780140449099","title":"Don Quixote","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Miguel de Cervantes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiguel de Cervantes's mock-epic masterwork, \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e was voted the greatest book of all time by the Nobel Institute, and this Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction and notes by John Rutherford. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Rutherford's landmark translation does full justice to the energy and wit of Cervantes's prose, and this edition 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMiguel 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).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Homer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'John Rutherford makes \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote \u003c\/i\u003efunny and readable ... His Quixote can be pompous, imposingly learned, secretly fearful, mad and touching.'\u003cbr\u003eColin Burrow, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45083353612439,"sku":"9780140449099","price":390.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780140449099.webp?v=1769201208","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/don-quixote-9780140449099","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}