![]() ![]() ![]() “The Grossman translation blows the dust off Cervantes, leaving his light-footed prose and his sly, gentle mockeries.” - Dallas Morning News “Marvelous new translation.” - The New Yorker “This new translation relates the story of the man of La Mancha and his vivid imagination in a way that is more in tune with a 21st-century reader.” - Los Angeles Daily News Her rendition confirms that Cervantes’ imperfect masterpiece is as much at home in Shakespeare’s tongue as it is in Spanish.” - Los Angeles Times “It is thrilling to add Grossman’s to the bookshelf of Don Quixote possibilities. What she renders splendidly is the book’s very heart.” - New York Times ![]() Grossman…has provided a Quixote that is agile, playful, formal and wry…. “A major literary achievement.” - New York Times Book Review “Grossman has given us an honest, robust and freshly revelatory Quixote for our times” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) ![]()
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