Don Quixote

Resumen del libro

The Vintage Classics Europeans series - with covers provided by textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared literary treasury. Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the adventures of a noble knight and his faithful squire as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. Except the knight is not really a knight, his princesses are servant girls, his enchanted castles are inns and his giants are windmills.

Don Quixote's goodness is real however, and his wish for the world to be full of adventures and passion is so profoundly human that, four hundred years after its first appearance, his story still crackles, beguiles and inspires. If there is one novel you should read before you die, it is Don Quixote' Ben Okri

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.