{"product_id":"don-quixote","title":"Don Quixote","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prize-winning translation of Miguel de Cervantes's\nmock-epic masterwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDon Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he\ndetermines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by\nhis squire, the cunning Sancho Panza. As they roam the world together, the\naging Quixote's fancy leads them wildly astray, tilting at windmills, fighting\nwith friars, and distorting the rural Spanish landscape into a fantasy of\nimpenetrable fortresses and wicked sorcerers. At the same time the relationship\nbetween the two men grows in fascinating subtlety. Often considered to be the\nfirst modern novel, \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful burlesque of\nthe popular literature its disordered protagonist is obsessed with.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nJohn Rutherford's landmark translation of \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote \u003c\/i\u003ewon the\n2002 Premio Valle Inclan prize for translation. His introduction discusses the\ntraditional works parodied in \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e and issues of\nliterary translation.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'John Rutherford makes \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote \u003c\/i\u003efunny and readable ... His\nQuixote can be pompous, imposingly learned, secretly fearful, mad and touching'\nColin Burrow, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiguel Cervantes (Author)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nMiguel de Cervantes Saaverda's (1547-1616) life was occupied with a struggle to\nearn a livelihood from literature and humble government employment. As well\nas \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e, he wrote a number of plays and a collection of\nhighly accomplished short stories, \u003ci\u003eExemplary Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (1613).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44636104261839,"sku":"9780140449099","price":29.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_3252f7ca-2d1a-4ccf-875d-842056408c1b.jpg?v=1771891530","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/don-quixote","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}