Don Quixote

Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece, in an expanded P.S. edition

Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the adventures of the self-created knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. You haven't experienced Don Quixote in English until you've read this masterful translation.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Author: Miguel De Cervantes, Edith Grossman
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 10/21/2003
Pages: 940
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 9.49h x 6.43w x 2.03d
ISBN: 9780060188702

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 13.2
Point Value: 91
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 12781 / Don Quixote (Unabridged)


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2003 pg. 56
Library Journal 11/01/2003 pg. 122
New York Times 11/02/2003 pg. 15
Publishers Weekly 11/10/2003 pg. 44
New Yorker (The) 12/22/2003 pg. 148
LJ Best Books of Year 01/01/2004 pg. 49
Choice 06/01/2004 pg. 1885
Library Journal 07/01/2003

About the Author
Grossman, Edith: -

Edith Grossman is the award-winning translator of major works by many of Latin America's most important writers. Born in Philadelphia, she attended the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Berkeley before receiving her PhD from New York University. She lives in New York City.

Cervantes, Miguel De: -

Miguel de Cervantes was born on September 29, 1547, in Alcala de Henares, Spain. At twenty-three he enlisted in the Spanish militia and in 1571 fought against the Turks in the Battle of Lepanto, where a gunshot wound permanently crippled his left hand. He spent four more years at sea and then another five as a slave after being captured by Barbary pirates. Ransomed by his family, he returned to Madrid but his disability hampered him; it was in debtor's prison that he began to write Don Quixote. Cervantes wrote many other works, including poems and plays, but he remains best known as the author of Don Quixote. He died on April 23, 1616.