Book Review: Don Quixote De La Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes
Well, I finally finished this book, I've been reading it all year. It's pretty enjoyable, though it does tend to stray quite a bit. It is a comedy, but the humour is not puns but rather the deeds that Don Quixote performs, so it translates well.
Don Quixote is a fairly well-to-do man, who decides that he should become a knight errant (basically a wandering knight) and bring back that golden age of chivalry. He has read many books on the subject and has a tendency to see things in that light. His most famous one is seeing windmills as giants and attacking them as such.
The book is written such that the author has basically found the history of Don Quixote and is relating the book he found, so he will refer to the "original author" quite frequently, and speaks directly to the reader. The book is two parts and in the second part, Don Quixote, and his loyal squire Sancho Panza are aware that a book has been written about them. Due to that, they meet characters that are aware of their exploits and take the opportunity to play elaborate tricks on them.
I recommend the book, but it is a long read.
Well, I finally finished this book, I've been reading it all year. It's pretty enjoyable, though it does tend to stray quite a bit. It is a comedy, but the humour is not puns but rather the deeds that Don Quixote performs, so it translates well.
Don Quixote is a fairly well-to-do man, who decides that he should become a knight errant (basically a wandering knight) and bring back that golden age of chivalry. He has read many books on the subject and has a tendency to see things in that light. His most famous one is seeing windmills as giants and attacking them as such.
The book is written such that the author has basically found the history of Don Quixote and is relating the book he found, so he will refer to the "original author" quite frequently, and speaks directly to the reader. The book is two parts and in the second part, Don Quixote, and his loyal squire Sancho Panza are aware that a book has been written about them. Due to that, they meet characters that are aware of their exploits and take the opportunity to play elaborate tricks on them.
I recommend the book, but it is a long read.
Movie Review: Rendition
We escaped last night and saw Rendition. It's about an Egyptian man who has moved to the US, has a wife and son and baby on the way, and gets mistaken as a terrorist. He is whisked out of the US, without access to a lawyer, in order to be questioned by third parties, who don't have to say they do not torture. The movie then follows several plot lines. His, the wife trying to find out what happened to him, and the family of the third party torturer.
It was an "enjoyable" movie (as much as that topic can be enjoyable). I don't think it's going to be a classic for all times, but it wasn't a waste of money either.
It was an "enjoyable" movie (as much as that topic can be enjoyable). I don't think it's going to be a classic for all times, but it wasn't a waste of money either.
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