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El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha

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Edición Conmemorativa del IV centenario de don quijote de la mancha.
Volumen 4 - 4

176 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2005

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas, later Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His novel Don Quixote is often considered his magnum opus, as well as the first modern novel.

It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey.

In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. He was then released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order.

He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid.
In Esquivias (Province of Toledo), on 12 December 1584, he married the much younger Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (Toledo, Esquivias –, 31 October 1626), daughter of Fernando de Salazar y Vozmediano and Catalina de Palacios. Her uncle Alonso de Quesada y Salazar is said to have inspired the character of Don Quixote. During the next 20 years Cervantes led a nomadic existence, working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and as a tax collector. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice (1597 and 1602) for irregularities in his accounts. Between 1596 and 1600, he lived primarily in Seville. In 1606, Cervantes settled in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Cervantes died in Madrid on April 23, 1616.
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- منتج أدبي لا يُفَوَّت.

- تشعر بالدهشة من رواية مُحكَمة بهذا الشكل ، وعلى الطراز الحديث، تمت كتابتها في القرن الخامس عشر.

- على عكس توقعاتي كانت الروايةالتي تقع في1051صفحة من القطع الكبير فكاهية وخفيفة الظل لهذه الدرجة، والأجمل أنها فكاهة بلا هزل أو استخفاف، فكاهة خالية من الابتذال.

-لعل المؤلف تأثر بحكايات ألف ليلة وليلة العربية، إذ عمد إلى استعمال تقنية قصة داخل قصة، وذلك في مختلف فصول الرواية.

- برغم كل شيء ولأن الرواية تمت كتابتها في اعقاب النفي النهائي للمسلمين من الأندلس وإخراجهم منها، فقد تأثر الكاتب لاغرو بأجواء الكراهية، فكان على نحو أو آخر فام يجد غضاضة في اظهار عنصريته تجاه المسلمين سواء كانوا عرباً أو أتراكاً، ودون أي تناول موضوعي بالمرة.

- تستشف من أحداث الرواية أنها كانت مرهقة أيما ارهاق للمؤلف، كما ينضح عدد السنين الطوال التي تكبدها إلى أن يتمها، ولكن قطعاً كانت الثمرة النهائية تستحق.

- دون كيخوته: عمل طويل فعلا، لا يخلو من اسهاب، ولكنه ممتع بحق كذلك، ويؤرخ بشكل جذاب لعادات وأجواء هذه الفترة في أسبانيا (الأندلس). الكتاب- مرة أخرى -لا يُفَوَّت.
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