The Enduring Appeal Of The Quixotic Cervantes (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Four hundred years ago this year, in 1615, the Spanish writer Cervantes finished his great work “Don Quixote.” Within months, he would die. But Don Quixote has never died. The mock epic of the ramshackle knight on his bony horse tilting windmills has been one of the most durable and massively popular literary works in history. George Washington read it. And Melville and Mark Twain. Picasso. Dostoevsky. My guest Ilan Stavans calls it a cornerstone of Hispanic culture, and of the modern understanding of the human condition. This hour On Point, Don Quixote rides again.
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/09/09/don-quixote-400-miguel-cervantes