![]() The plot of Rushdie’s novel is convoluted and often inclined to trip itself up while reaching for a necessary piece of clarification. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long for Quichotte to seem heavy-handed and laborious by comparison. Given how well some parts of Cervantes’s work hold up – the speech of the shepherdess Marcela, for example, declaring why she will not be judged by her looks – and the overall beauty of the language detailing Don Quixote’s quests, it would be reasonable to expect that any author wishing to have their work compared to that great story would try to match the original work for depth of character, humour and coherence. ![]() ![]() Don Quixote, published in two parts, in 16, is the book Salman Rushdie decided to probe for ways in which contemporary US and Indian society might be examined and assessed. ![]() ![]() It takes an audacious author to decide that one of the greatest books ever written will be a guide and model for a new novel, updated for our time. ![]()
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