Don Quijote de la Mancha. (Selección) (Catedra Base / Cathedral Base)

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Estamos hechos de imaginación y de palabras. La literatura consiste precisamente en las historias que los seres humanos se vienen contando unos a otros desde siempre, historias que alimentan la imaginación y nos enseñan las palabras con las que somos capaces de imaginarnos el mundo, entendernos y hablar. La historia de don Quijote es la imagen más completa y más rica, porque en ella están representadas todas las historias y todos los personajes de su tiempo. Es la de don Quijote la historia de una locura, de una amistad y de un viaje, un recorrido extraordinario por la España de entre 1605 y 1615, un mundo muy diferente del nuestro en el que, sin embargo, podemos reconocernos.

400 pages, Paperback

Published January 24, 2005

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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[Juan José · Rating 1 out of 5]

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[Ara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me encanta la reflexión filosófica que hace este libro