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“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” — Marcus Aurelius

A long, ponderous read. This translation by Edith Grossman is also particularly strong. Feels more like a series of interweaved short stories than a traditional novel, but relatively surprising in its modernity otherwise. Easily readable nowadays despite being 400+ years old.

I'm not reading much lately, but I am enjoying this. I'd highly recommend the Grossman translation, which comes packed with copious footnotes illuminating Cervantes' wit that would have otherwise been wholly lost in translation.