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Article: The men of La Mancha; In this clever reimagining, Cervantes and Don Quixote team up to slay bad writers.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Book Review)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 22, 2005
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Byline: Ron Charles
How much more time do you need? This year marks the 400th anniversary of "Don Quixote," and you still haven't read it. Harold Bloom is shaking his hoary head: "Where shall wisdom be found, indeed!" And don't even bother trying to hum "The Impossible Dream." A few diverting hours with "Man of La Mancha" are no substitute for working through 1,000 pages of the world's first novel.
But nagging guilt is a poor motivator for reading (or you'd have finished Ron Chernow's "Hamilton" by now). So here's something to tempt you toward this intimidating classic of Spanish literature: a debut novel called "Tilting At Windmills" that reimagines ...
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