Bistroumni plemič Don Kihot iz Manče I

Don Kihot #1

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Stanko Leben (Translator)

I. knjiga od IV.

Prvi del, poglavja I–XXVII.

Zgodba se vrti okrog pikaresknih dogodivščin plemiča Alonsa Quijana iz Manče, ki ga prebiranje viteških romanov vzpodbudi, da bi tudi sam postal potujoči vitez (caballero andante), oživil viteško kulturo in služil svojemu narodu pod imenom Don Kihot. Quijano za svojega paža rekrutira preprostega kmeta Sanča Panso, ki se zna na bister način soočati s Kihotovimi že takrat staroverskimi monologi o viteštvu. Don Kihot namreč ne vidi sveta, kakršen je, in raje živi v romantični iluziji.

Knjiga je imela ogromen vpliv na evropsko književnost, kar se med drugim vidi v neposrednih namigih nanjo v Dumasovih Treh Mušketirjih (1844), v Twainovem Huckleberryju Finnu (1884) in v Rostandovem Cyranoju de Bergeracu (1897). Neizčrpen seznam imen avtorjev, ki jih Don Kihot zaznamoval, vključuje Fieldinga in Sterna, Flauberta in Dickensa, Melvilla in Faulknerja. Slednji naj bi knjigo prebral kar enkrat letno, kot drugi ljudje prebirajo Biblijo.

Povezava do izdaje romana v eni knjigi: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

338 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1935

About the author

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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