Don Quixote

I like that spanish one

Don't waste your time. Our guy Nabokov criticised Cervantes for a reason.

>>8665503

Oh...

>>8665498

I don't speak spanish.

>>8665503
So we can ridicule him?Nabokov, I mean

>>8665503
>our guy meme
>nabokov our guy over melville/DFW
>hating cervantes just because nabokov said so
i don't even know where to begin

>>8665525
>ends with a don't know where to begin
I like it

Okay seriously, though, what's the best translation of Don Quixote into English? I'd like to read it.

>>8665539
smollette

There are a lot of good ones.

- Edith Grossman (2003, Bloom-approved)
- Burton Raffel (90s, less literal, but reads extraordinarily well)
- Samuel Putnam (1949, Bloom-approved again)
- John Ormsby (classic)
- Tobias Smollett (even more classic)

>>8665492
Gross man

>>8665584
>read the original meme
Please

>>8665525
Exactly.

>>8665525
Start with the greeks

>>8665539
You cant post on lit if you don't know Spanish.

>>8665618

>You cant post on lit if you don't know Spanish.

k bye

>>8665601
Super maximum kek

>>8665601
lmao

>>8665618
Neither in /pol/.

>>8665506
It's not hard to learn. Every English-speaker should learn Spanish and French at least desu. They're both quite easy to learn to read (not necessarily speak/hear). The effort/reward ratio is off the charts.