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110 pp.
| Chelsea |
March, 2003 |
LibraryISBN 0-7910-7252-5$$22.95
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YAGreat Hispanic Heritage series.
This keen biography of the author of Don Quixote, arguably the template for the modern novel, dutifully reports on a life plagued with battlefield injury, imprisonment, excommunication from the Catholic church, and other spirit-crushing embarrassments. Scattered throughout are archival illustrations and modern-day photos of relevant sites, boxed historical touchstones about Cervantes's era, and excerpts from his work. Reading list, timeline. Bib., ind.