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DON QUIXOTE HOLY SHIT

>> No.1248697

It is epic. But Spain stayed out of WWII.

>> No.1248720

cervantes is my nigga

>> No.1248722

I havent read it yet.
Should I?

>> No.1248723

>>1248722
Um, yeah.

>> No.1248740

>>1248720

yah its a old book but it reads like its fuckin freshh

>> No.1248745

your thoughts reflect my own,OP

Don Quixote is the only book that I have seen necessary to reread,because it's so fucking good.

>> No.1248754

Get the newer translations, they really make a difference.

The whammy in the last couple of pages had me rethinking everything. The whole thing is an attack on the very idea of literary heroes in the first place. There are no heroes, just people making the best of what they have. But people crave heroes for the same reason they crave stories: it gives life coherence and meaning. Get past that or at least put it into perspective, and that's a step in the right direction. At least, that's my reading.

>> No.1248773

>>1248754

yeah i found DQ to be a pretty sad novel.

>> No.1248783

>>1248697
they were in a fascist dictatorship established with the help of hitler so yeah

>> No.1248790

>>1248783
No, they had a civil war which had nothing to do with Hitler. It was during the same time, which is why they stayed uninvolved.

>> No.1248794

>>1248790
There was a civil war in Spain which occurred before WWII. Other powers were nominally uninvolved, but both sides received aid from outside. The Republicans (more or less leftists) had a lot of foreign leftist volunteers; the Nationalists (more or less fascists) received tremendous amounts of material and advistors from Nazi Germany and Italy. The Nationalists won the Civil War before WWII really got started, and yes, Spain basically stayed out of the war.

>> No.1248803

>>1248773
Ooh, a book about DAiry Queen?

>> No.1249457

>>1248754
Which translation should I buy?