While we’re on the topic of Don Quixote, I wanted to mention Terry Gilliam’s umpteenth try at filming a movie based on Cervantes’ book. There are many articles available, but here are two I liked: Terry Gilliam on finally filming Don Quixote: ‘Adam Driver is bankable! Thank God for Star Wars!’ and Video: Watch Terry […]
Tag: Cervantes
Don Quixote’s Profession by Mark Van Doren New York: Columbia University Press, 1958. Print. Drawings by Joseph Low Mark Van Doren in Quiz Show, answering a question about the meaning of Don Quixote: “It means, if you want to be a knight, act like a knight.” My great friends do not know me. Hamlet in […]
Lunatics, Lovers and Poets: Twelve Stories after Cervantes and Shakespeare Edited by Daniel Hahn and Margarita Valencia Introduction by Salman Rushdie Los Angeles: And Other Stories, 2016. Paperback.Links: Introduction by Salman Rushdie at the NewStatesman “The Dogs of War” by Juan Gabriel Vásquez at the Irish Times “Shakespeare, New Mexico” by Valeria Luiselli in Guernica […]
The third live session hosted by Universidad Francisco Marroquín’s MOOC on Don Quijote. It felt like this was going over previous territory, but that was fine by me. One of my questions had to do with film versions of the novel, especially since I had recently read something that Terry Gilliam might be attempting to […]
I’m really enjoying the Universidad Francisco Marroquín’s MOOC on Don Quijote and wanted to share the second live session that was held this past Thursday (18 Feb 2016). The session covered questions from Chapters 15 through 28 in Part I. I was fortunate to get a few questions in on the call…enjoy! Live Session 2 […]
Don Quixote has long been one of my favorite novels. While I have seen several online open courses covering the novel, I’ve never participated in one until now. I **highly** recommend exploring (or re-reading) the novel along with the course from instructor Eric C. Graf and through the Universidad Francisco Marroquín. I’ve just finished the […]
Cervantes Street by Jaime Manrique Akashic Books, 320 pages (paperback) ISBN 978-1617751264After reading this review by Lawrence Norfolk about Cervantes Street I was sure I wanted to read the book. The structure of Cervantes Street alternates chapters between the memoirs of Miguel and his rich college friend Luis Lara (with the final chapter told by […]