Don Kişot’un Serüvenleri

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Bülent O. Doğan (Adapter)

Belki de bugüne kadar yaratılmış en çılgın roman kahramanı Don Kişot’tur. Bu kahraman okuduğu şövalye romanlarından o kadar etkilenir ki, sırtına eski bir şövalye zırhı geçirdiği gibi macera aramak için yollara düşer. Birbirinden komik ve tuhaf serüvenleri sırasında güzel ama sahte prenseslerle, gerçek ama şımarık düşeslerle, canından bezmiş aslanlarla ve bir sürü kötü adamla karşılaşır.

Don Kişot‘un birbirinden heyecanlı serüvenlerini okurken kahkahalarını tutamayacaksın.

96 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas, later Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His novel Don Quixote is often considered his magnum opus, as well as the first modern novel.

It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey.

In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. He was then released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order.

He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid.
In Esquivias (Province of Toledo), on 12 December 1584, he married the much younger Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (Toledo, Esquivias –, 31 October 1626), daughter of Fernando de Salazar y Vozmediano and Catalina de Palacios. Her uncle Alonso de Quesada y Salazar is said to have inspired the character of Don Quixote. During the next 20 years Cervantes led a nomadic existence, working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and as a tax collector. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice (1597 and 1602) for irregularities in his accounts. Between 1596 and 1600, he lived primarily in Seville. In 1606, Cervantes settled in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Cervantes died in Madrid on April 23, 1616.
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Reviews

[Ekin Eren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dünyanın en eski romanı kabul edilen güzel bir klasik. Ama okurken dikkat edin: sakın üstünüze bir zırh giyip evden kaçmaya girişmeyin. Özellikle de değirmenlerden uzak durun!

[M. Selami Akın · Rating 4 out of 5]

Çok güzel bir klasik ama hikayeler biraz daha uzun olabilirdi

[Mehmet Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bu klasiği ve bana göre tüm romanların atası olan bu kitabın 15 yıl önce kısaltılmamış versiyonunu da okumuştum. Bu sadeleştirmiş versiyonunda bir çok ayrıntının kesildiğini fark ettim. Ancak okurluk hayatına yeni başlayanlar kişiler mutlaka bu halini okumalı.