- Paperback: 752 pages
- Publisher: WW Norton; New edition edition (Sep 1 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0393315096
- ISBN-13: 978-0393315097
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 15.8 x 4.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 857 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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A translator of Horace, Balzac, Rabelais, and Salvador Espriu, as well as a theorist (The Art of Translating Prose, Pennsylvania State Univ. Pr., 1994), Raffel (Univ. of Southwest Louisiana) undertook the formidable task of translating Cervantes's masterpiece because he was uncomfortable recommending any of the existing translations. There are some real differences here. Raffel has junked the traditional transcription of Cide Hamete, the pseudoauthor, in favor of the less "colonialist" and more authentic Arabic, Sidi Hamid. Proper names that contain puns are explained within square brackets, and footnotes are kept to a minimum. A more vernacular style reigns: The blow on the neck and the stroke on the shoulder that dub Don Quijote a knight are, respectively, a "whack" and a "tap." The women at the inn, usually called "wenches," are "party-girls" or "whores." Sancho dreams that his "old lady" will someday be a queen and that his "kids" will be princes. In the proofs, "Castile" has been misspelled as "Castille," an oversight one would hope to see corrected in the final book. This is a lively alternative to the wide assortment of truly old-fashioned translations. Recommended.?Jack Shreve, Allegany Community Coll., Cumberland, Md.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Raffel has managed, by extremely careful research, to keep the flavor of the late-seventeenth-century Spanish, at the same time that the English is very smooth. . . . Indeed, Raffel seems to have created a Cervantine English. -- Javier Herrero, University of Virginia
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A long book worth every moment,
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This review is from: Don Quijote: A New Translation Backgrounds and Contexts Criticism (Paperback)
Yes-the book is about 2,000 pages long. And yes, it is a couple hundred years old. DO NOT BE FOOLED! Don Quijote is an infinitely amusing character, and his sidekick, Sancho Panza, no less so. The myriad adventures escalate page by page into the most absurd charicature of an idealist, but you find yourself rooting for the absurd man, or at least rooting against the establishment. You are guaranteed to laugh every few pages, if not more often.
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Nice...,
By More cow than sheep (Ithaca, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Don Quijote: A New Translation Backgrounds and Contexts Criticism (Paperback)
I think this modern translation is a lot easier and more pleasant to read than Walter Starkie's version (and due to the simple language it reads a lot faster...) A child could read it. Indeed, the original novel mentions that it was thumbed by children. Though I'm still bothered by all the commas this guy uses and stuff like "more cow than sheep" in place of "more beef than mutton", but I'm probably being biased. I'd be interested to see what some of you think of the earlier translations if you've only read this one.
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Miraculous translation. Miraculous book.,
This review is from: Don Quijote: A New Translation Backgrounds and Contexts Criticism (Paperback)
My desert island choice? I think so. Funny as hell and beautifully written. How on earth did Cervantes create this sprawling masterpiece which sounds like it was written yesterday ALMOST 400 YEARS AGO? Before you ride into the sunset with "Don Quijote" take a look at Fadiman's brief synopsis in "The New Lifetime Reading Plan." But ignore his suggestions on translations, written BEFORE Raffel's peerless translation was published.
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