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Originally Posted by Moxie Mezcal
That's a really interesting thought I hadn't heard before, but it rings true in a way. I wonder, if you don't mind me being nosy, how much time elapsed between your first two readings, and did you notice any differences between the experiences?
Also, if you are interested, one of my absolute favorite books is a novella called City of Glass by Paul Auster (the first of his New York Trilogy). It has an interesting discussion about halfway through about Don Quixote and the authorship of the text-within-the-text. It's a relatively quick read and in my opinion very entertaining, as long as you aren't put off by a little surrealism/open-endedness (is that a word - probably not).
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let me see...the first time was when I was in college about 45 yrs ago.... then I think I was in my late 40's when i read it the 2nd time...am now 63 and postponing the 3rd reading with both dread and relish. the 2nd time was more complete and because it was at my own desire not a course requirement I relished the language more tho not sure which translation it was...also i think I found myself empathizing with the Don more the 2nd time around
As for Paul Auster I have read some of his stuff...can't remember which but you are right.... the surrealism modernity bit is just not my thing