Celebrated Translations -- Don Quixote (Volume 1 and 2, Color Illustration Edition)

Author: (Spanish) Miguel de Cervantes
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is a monumental work by the Spanish master Cervantes, a masterpiece of realism during the Renaissance, and a shining gem in the history of world literature. This classic describes a seemingly absurd knight, but it is not just a satirical novel about chivalric literature. It differs greatly from other literary works. From the perspective of creative techniques, its duality or its various strong contrasts perhaps illustrate this point. The protagonist is a madman who ignores social reality and dreams day and night of restoring the chivalric code; but as introduced in the book, as long as it does not involve the chivalric code, he is very clear-headed and wise, and often criticizes the times with foresight, revealing many subtle truths. Don Quixote is one of the most internationally renowned and influential Spanish literary masterpieces, and one of the most brilliant treasures in the treasury of world literature. With its sharp satirical style and exaggerated artistic techniques, it holds an irreplaceable position in the history of world literature and is hailed as the "work of universal harmony" and the "Bible of human nature." Don Quixote has also become one of the most typical figures in the treasury of world literature. Cervantes was one of the greatest novelists, playwrights, and poets of Spain in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, an outstanding realist writer during the European Renaissance, and was praised by authors such as Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, and Leo Tolstoy as the "Father of Modern Fiction." His works have had a profound impact on the development of European realist literature.