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Don Quixote: A New Translation by Edith Grossman Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

4 days ago - Publishers Weekly. Independent Foreign Fiction Prize–winner and Granta “Best Young Spanish-Language Author” Santiago Roncagliolo returns with his acclaimed translator Edith Grossman with a raucous phone sex novella and three dark, entrancing stories. But my God, isn't Don Quixote a stodgy read? Feb 6, 2014 - Perhaps the simplest point to take away from this is that, as readers, we should resist the temptation to reach for a foreign classic – “in a new translation” – before a classic of our own tongue. Jun 30, 2010 - Translation matters, Edith Grossman tells us, because without it we would not have books like Best European Fiction 2010, or indeed any literature written in other languages. Jan 12, 2014 - So, I'm going to be reading Don Quixote in 2014! Luckily, I was spurred back into action a few years ago when a new translation by Edith Grossman came out. It wasn't until Edith Grossman's miraculous new translation came out a few years ago that I was able to conquer it with no problem. Mar 6, 2012 - Sources: Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, translated by Edith Grossman, 2003; Blanchard Jerrold, The Life of Gustave Doré, 1884. When I read Don Quixote, I read it in Spanish. Dec 5, 2013 - Whispersync, X-Ray. Any advice on which translation to read would be welcome. Jun 18, 2006 - I've just started reading Edith Grossman's new translation, and it contains the first paragraph from several English translations. She also Some publishers concentrate almost exclusively on translations, freeing themselves from the arduous task of finding and fostering new writers in their own language. May 21, 2010 - In the book review segment of the Economist magazine, I learned of a new translation of Don Quixote by Edith Grossman. Her translation of Don Quixote was praised by Harold Bloom for “the extraordinarily high quality of her prose.” A new book by Roncagliolo is a cause for celebration.” — Daniel Alarcón. I took a few running starts at "Don Quixote" but slid back down the hill each time. I found the different translations of this sentence really interesting. Jul 26, 2010 - Most of the readers will be reading the translation of Edith Grossman (Vintage, 2005) though other translations of the Quixote will do.