Exemplary Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199555000)

More popular in their day than Don Quxixote, Cervantes's Exemplary Stories (1613) surprise, challenge and delight. Ranging from the picaresque to the satirical, the Exemplary Stories defy the conventions of heroic chivalric literature through a combination of comic irony, moral ambiguity, realism, and sheer mirth. This new translation captures the full vigor of Cervantes's wit and make available two rarely printed gems, "The Illustrious Kitchen Maid" and "The Power of Blood."

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Author: Decervantes
ISBN-10: 0199555001
ISBN-13: 9780199555000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2008
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d