Don Quixote

Resumen del libro

Didn't I tell you they were only windmills? And only someone with windmills on the brain could have failed to see that!'

Don 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. At the same time the relationship between the two men grows in fascinating subtlety. Often considered to be the first modern novel, Don Quixote is a wonderful burlesque of the popular literature its disordered protagonist is obsessed with.

John Rutherford's landmark translation does full justice to the energy and wit of Cervantes's prose. His introduction discusses the traditional works parodied in Don Quixote, as well as issues surrounding literary translation.

Voted greatest book of all time by the Nobel Institute

Biografía del autor

Diego Martínez Torrón es catedrático de Literatura Española en la Universidad de Córdoba y escritor x{0026} x02013;ensayista, poeta y narradorx{0026} x02013;. Reconocido especialista de la literatura de la época romántica española, ha trabajado igualmente la obra de Quevedo, Quintana, Lista, Espronceda, duque de Rivas, Juan Ramón, Azorín, Jorge Guillén, Bergamín, Octavio Paz, Juan Benet, Cunqueiro y Valle-Inclán, etc., aportando valiosas interpretaciones y numerosos textos inéditos de estos autores. Su edición de El ruedo ibérico, y su largo ensayo sobre esta obra, son textos de referencia, al igual que sus ediciones anotadas de la obra completa de Espronceda y Rivas. En Renacimiento ha publicado recientemente Manuscritos inéditos de El ruedo ibérico. Ha dedicado también numerosos estudios a la obra de Cervantes. Con este Quijote quiere culminar su dedicación a la Filología Española.