An engrossing book (Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes)

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Product:	Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes
Date:	14.04.08 (54 review reads)
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Advantages: The best

Disadvantages: There is not one

I have read many books but very few gave me such a big pleasure like the 2 tome novel "Don Quixote".

Don Quixote was written in the 17th century in Spain and it is the history of a visionary man who sets out with an assistant, Sancho Pancha, in order to bring justice to this world.

The 2 of them will go through so many adventures and misunderstandings, mainly because Don Quixote constantly confuses reality and with his allucination.

The book is funny most of the time, engaging, particulalry if you like adventures, and to me the best part are the dialogues between Don Quixote and Sanco Pancha.

The other element I found fashinating is the role of women, particulalry if you think that in 17th Century in Spain the role of women was very much secondary. The way the author defines the ideal woman, and there will be few examples of it in the book, to me is just beautiful.

I read the book in Spanish, and there are so many proverbs, mainly uttered by Sancho Panza, which are an expression of popular wisdom. The language is great, I believe that even in the English translation some of this beauty is preserved.

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