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Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
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This translation is actually the best that I have encountered. It is impossible to bring anything terribly critical to such a masterwork (yes, it's one of the few, the proud, the brave). If one were to critique, it would have to be based upon the translation, and again, I find this one to be extraordinarily acceptable and accessible.
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Don Quixote
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Whew. I did it. I'm ready to run the New York Marathon, climb Mount Everest, swim the Mekong River, and hunt the nefarious arctic narwhale, now that I've read Don Quixote in its entirety. And I am truly a better person for it.
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Don Quijote (Norton Critical Editions)
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I disagree with some of the criticism of this translation, particularly that of Mr. Moreno who mistakenly acuses the translator of a "catastrophic error" ...'introducing the name "Don Quixote" in the narrative before Cervantes himself mentions it.' If Mr. Moreno reads Cervantes Prologue to the book or even the chapter title of the first chapter, which... »
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They Forged the Signature of God
They Forged the Signature of God is an enthralling, if somewhat uneven, fictionalized account of the recent and tumultuous history of the Dominican... »
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Dom Casmurro (Library of Latin America)
The unreliable narrator and the fictional memoir are long-standing literary traditions. Nineteenth-century Brazilian author Joaquim Maria Machado de Assi... »
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La Regenta (Penguin Classics)
Funny, tragic, complex story about a woman and about a whole small city.Wonderfuly written, with a trully great character, Fermin, and more than a hun... »
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