/lit/ - Literature

liking Don Quixote so far, but is it worth the 900 pages?

Sup /lit/

I've been reading Don Quixote on my Kindle these last couple months, and I've been running into a problem.

The problem is that I feel like the book is incredibly boring, plotless, and virtually incomprehensible to anybody not familiar with the trappings of how Spain was back then.

I'm about 25% in and want to quit. Right now in the story, Don Quixote and Sancho are hiding in the mountains after having been mugged of their gear.

Is this shit going to pick up? Am I just an uncultured goon with ADD? Anybody feel the same?

I'm writing a report on Miguel de Cervantes. The majority of the article is his writing style and how it defined the "modernized novel," yet also entails the basic plot of Don Quixote, which I have yet to read. I've been told the book is basically silly stuff going on but everyone seems to think it's the daily norm. Is it an actual funny book, or do I need to be an 1800s Spaniard to fully enjoy the book?

>Also any ideas for my paper are welcomed yet not required.

This is a book I've wanted to read for the longest time but was always intimidated by it.

Can anybody recommend a particular translation of Don Quixote? Every time I go into a book store, there are always around a half dozen different versions of it, I never know which is going to be the one I'll enjoy.

Anybody have a suggestion?

I want to read Don Quixote, is it any good? I heard its classic from a person. Opinions?

Don Quixote vs. Macbeth, now.

best book ever,or best book ever?

yo /lits/ i need to read alot of pages in a short time. is there any tricks u guys have to read more words per minute? and still have comprehension

pic related

Novels let were a huge letdown. Pic related.

Also: Candide and Catch-22

In fact, pretty much any comedy novel. Except for Confederacy of Dunces, of course.

Ha! I win!

Is Don Quixote really as important as everybody says it is? It's not like there was never satire or prose before it was first published.

I feel enraged by shitty translations. I picked up Don Quixote and read Book I, but couldn't get past it because the translator was so shitty that even though I could sense that the jokes would normally have me cracking up laughing, all I could do was dimly acknowledge that there was humor in the situation. It's like the translator destroyed the book for me.

Any of you have crappy experiences with translations?

Is Don Quixote really all that important, or was it just in the right place at the right time?

I'm looking to read Don Quixote soon. Can anyone recommend a translation?

inb4 read it in Spanish. I'm currently learning, and I promise I will read the real thing some day.

What is the best English translation of Don Quixote, /lit/?