Cervantes Street
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The actual facts of Miguel de Cervantes's life seem to be snatched from an epic tale: an impoverished and talented young poet nearly kills a man in a duel and is forced into exile; later, he distinguishes himself in battle and is severely wounded, losing the use of his left hand; on his way back to Spain his ship is captured by pirates and he is sold into slavery in Algiers; after prolonged imprisonment and failed escape attempts, he makes his way back home, eventually settling in a remote village in La Mancha to create his masterpiece, the first modern novel in Western literature: Don Quixote. Taking the bare bones of Cervantes' life, Jaime Manrique has accomplished a singular feat: an engaging and highly accessible take on a brilliant, enigmatic man and his epoch. This is an archetypal tale of rivalry and revenge-featuring Cervantes's antagonistic relationship with the man who would go on to write his own sequel to Don Quixote-that is sure to garner comparisons to Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo, and, with its extraordinary recreation of the life and times of Cervantes, to Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. Jaime Manrique is a novelist, essayist, and poet. His critically acclaimed novels include Latin Moon in Manhattan and Our Lives Are the Rivers. He is a Distinguished Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at the City College of New York.
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Manrique, J. (2012). Cervantes Street. [United States], Akashic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Manrique, Jaime. 2012. Cervantes Street. [United States], Akashic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Manrique, Jaime, Cervantes Street. [United States], Akashic Books, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Manrique, Jaime. Cervantes Street. [United States], Akashic Books, 2012.
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