The Last Knight : An Introduction to Don Quixote

Eisner, Will

ISBN 10: 1561632511 / ISBN 13: 9781561632510

Published by NBM Publishing Company, 2003

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 10772851-6

Synopsis:

A comic-book format adaptation of Don Quixote. Quixote's selflessness and gallantry make the Man of La Mancha a legend as told by his faithful friend and servant Sancho Panza.

Reviews: Grade 4-7-In this graphic-novel condensation of Cervantes's classic, Eisner offers a collection of vignettes that show Don Quixote as a clownish madman whose escapades are slapstick and pointless. There is no Knight of the Woeful Countenance here-this is a Don Quixote whose popping eyes and snaggletoothed grin display a manic energy. If he is not the skinny visionary, neither is his horse the rack of bones described by Cervantes: Rosinante may be sleepy, but she looks in good condition. Even the not-so-fair Dulcinea is different: here she is transmuted into Dulcinea de Tobasco-a stout harridan who tries to sell the Don some salt pork. However, the greatest change in the story is the ending in which Cervantes himself appears in the bedroom of the dying knight to proclaim that Quixote's deeds "show people the value of dreams and dreamers!" If the function of an introduction is to tempt readers to explore the original, this tiresome effort does not succeed.
Marian Drabkin, Richmond Public Library, CA
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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Last Knight : An Introduction to Don ...
Publisher: NBM Publishing Company
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.