>There is nothing in the world more profound or powerful than this work. This is the ultimate and greatest word that human thought has yet produced, it is the bitter irony expressible by man, and if the world were to end and someone were to ask there, somewhere, 'Well, did you understand your life on earth? What conclusions did you reach about it?' one could silently point to Don Quixote: 'Here is my conclusion about life; can you judge me for it?
Is it that good? I want to start to read it at some point.
If you can't read it in spanish, don't even bother reading shitty english translations.
Blake Long
I have red it two times, one in old Spanish and another one in a translation to modern Spanish.
To be honest the latter wasn't terrible, sure I prefer the original text but the essence prevails in the second one. Probably translations in English have the same thing.
Joshua Bailey
>>There is nothing in the world more profound or powerful than this work. This is the ultimate and greatest word that human thought has yet produced, it is the bitter irony expressible by man, and if the world were to end and someone were to ask there, somewhere, 'Well, did you understand your life on earth? What conclusions did you reach about it?' one could silently point to Don Quixote: 'Here is my conclusion about life; can you judge me for it? Did Dostoevsky read it in Spanish?
Tyler Cox
Well, we know for sure he knew french and german, it's likely he also knew spanish, but if he didn't, he still had access to the french translation which would be much closer to the original than the english, german or russian one.
Caleb Jenkins
Fine, you have conviced me to read Don Quijote.
Caleb Lewis
He learned Spanish specifically to read Don Quixote
Robert Lopez
I've read don Quixote almost twice plus some rereads of various parts, but i still don't get it
Nicholas Powell
I just started today. About 40 pages in and it's a lot of fun so far.
Kayden Russell
Maybe it's not your book. Maybe it's a bad translation.
Sebastian Campbell
What about a Norwegian translation?
Chase Watson
I advise everyone on this thread that is reading or plan to reads Don Quixote to not read it superficially. Look for the deeper meaning behind the text and don't get blinded by the comedy, because that is what makes this work a masterpiece.
Gabriel Davis
It was hard, I enjoyed parts of it. I didn't get the massive hype for it after. Although I didn't massively get the hype behind Gatsby, Note from the Underground or any Kafka.
Meanwhile I was fully in awe of IF and Lolita. Must just be preference.
Lucas Edwards
IJ even, I shouldn't phonepost.
Jaxson Myers
What is 'IF'?
Ethan Fisher
InFinite jest
Jacob Stewart
First part of Don Quixote is half-excellent comedy half-filler
Second part is pure perfection
Blake Walker
Your dick is fucking small.
Gavin Torres
It is an underdeveloped log of shit with ideas that are trite for the modern reader
Go back to your sweet sleep Nabokov; for our time you were a good writer but in the great saga of Literature, still a minor one. It takes a certain width and density of heart to appreciate both Dosto and Cervantes whom you dislike equally as viciously.
Cervantes is a friend for all lovers of Mankind.
As for you, dear readers, I will absolutely invite you to read Don Quixote but with a good introduction, even some guidance. If you have neither, read only the first 3 chapters of Book I and the entirety of Book II, for you'll have little patience for the in-story stories Cervantes place (and which in my own opinion can be a bit too self-indulging on the part of the author). It is a masterwork and it will live forever in the hearts of Man.
Sinceramente,
Jorge Luis Borges
Jose Martinez
why is there an unrelated novella about c*cking halfway through don quixote
Blake Long
>don't look at what the words actually say, second guess the intent and invent your own meanings to artificially increase the number of time you devote to the book
Caleb Roberts
My Dosto plus Borges beats your Nabokov.
Sorry, kid.
Mason Perry
>in-story stories why would you skip the best parts
Jaxson Gomez
>number of time Way to tank your own argument by outing yourself as a retard
Gavin Lewis
Are you guys genuinely retarded? Nabokov liked DQ >Inb4 crude and cruel old book That doesn't mean he didn't like it, dumbass.
Jonathan Diaz
Nabokov is fucking garbage. Couldn't even finish Lolita, it was such trite self-obsessed nonsense.
Ryan Bell
What about the Quijote Apocrypha
Gabriel Evans
The hype is real. It's an excellent book.
Make no mistake, there won't be any sudden, life-changing, secrets-of-the-universe moments sprinkled throughout. However, it really is greater than the sum of its parts, and it's critical that you don't just blaze through it, but instead immerse yourself in it and let it steep in your mind. It's a story that keeps on giving.
Literature in its original language is objectively the best option, but having read some of the same passages side by side, Edith Grossman's translation really carries the spirit of the original work.
Jason Harris
But, and this is important, is Grossman, (and I ask this with consternation), ummm...is she *whispers* a Jew?
Carson Sanders
Good lord, what a useless pseud comment. It's like something off a dust jacket.
POWERFUL AND PROFOUND
Gavin Mitchell
>, it's likely he also knew spanish
No it isn't, where the fuck did you get this idea
Dylan Wilson
I only know about Don Quixote because of Wishbone... should I buy a copy? What is the best translation to modern english?
Brayden Foster
>leave the art of the novel
missing an "f"
Joshua Hall
>calling Dostoevsky a pseud
you must be brilliant
Isaiah King
Not that I know of. Read with impunity, friend.
Bentley Wilson
Her parents were jews, so yeah, she's jewish.
Bentley Carter
t-the what
Benjamin Fisher
no, don't read it. but if you happen to try de Cervante's translation
Luis Kelly
The unofficial sequel I guess.
Elijah Clark
I would agree with Dostoevsky, Don Quixote really does offer insight into human intentions, achievement, failure and motivation. It's immensely cheeky and funny but also very tragic. I'm biased, I call it my favourite book I've read so far, but I think if you read it, OP, you'll likely enjoy it too.
Just a little head's up: some people don't like how the book meanders - Don Quixote has long tangents about doing the right thing, rationalising his oddball antics, etc, or the long backstories of some minor characters who won't appear again outside of the first third of the novel - but if you embrace it, there's a lot of interesting insight on offer there too. I personally never felt the pacing plodded along.
Leo Collins
What are you even doing in the literature board. Go back to the genre fiction or any other brainlet containment thread
Matthew Mitchell
>he can't comprehend that time can be divided into quantities A retard is you, unfortunately
Leo Lewis
What if the translator is more skilled with prose and writing than the original author?
