Δον Κιχώτης: Τόμος Β΄

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Ηλίας Ματθαίου (Translator), Salvador Dalí (Illustrator)

Ο Δον Κιχώτης, του Μιγκέλ Θερβάντες, ένα από τα κορυφαία έργα της παγκόσμιας λογοτεχνίας, εξακολουθεί να συγκινεί μέχρι σήμερα, γιατί είναι βαθιά ανθρώπινο.
Οι δυο χαρακτηριστικοί ήρωες του έργου, ο ονειροπαρμένος Δον Κιχώτης, που αποφασίζει ξαφνικά να γίνει ιππότης, για να υπερασπιστεί τους αδύνατους και τους κατατρεγμένους, παρέα με τον αγαθό υποκόμο του Σάντσο Πάντσα, θα μπλεχτούν σε χίλιες δυο περιπέτειες, άλλοτε διασκεδαστικές, άλλοτε δραματικές.
Όλοι μας λίγο πολύ κρύβουμε μέσα μας ένα Δον Κιχώτη και ένα Σάντσο Πάντσα.
Αυτό το αταίριαστο κι όμως αχώριστο ζευγάρι συμβολίζει τη διπλή ανθρώπινη φύση. Είναι η φαντασία και η λογική που μπλέκονται και αντιμάχονται η μια την άλλη, αλλά τις κουβαλάμε πάντα μέσα μας.

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1615

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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[Alexander Theofanidis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Συμπαθής έκδοση για να έρθει κάποιος με χαμηλό κόστος σε επαφή με το έργο στην πλήρη έκτασή του και με ενδιαφέρουσα εικονογράφηση. Τιποτε το εξαιρετικό, φτηνή έκδοση από εφημερίδα.