{"product_id":"9780753813843-don-quixotes-delusions","title":"Don Quixote's Delusions","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTravels in Castilian Spain\u003cbr\u003eA humorous and affectionate look at modern Spain, and a celebration of the country's greatest book, from the pen of a brilliant young writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA humorous and affectionate look at modern Spain, and a celebration of the country's greatest book, from the pen of a brilliant young writer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen in 1987 Miranda France spent a year living in Madrid, the post-dictatorship ebullience was at its height.  Pornography and soft drugs were legalised alongside more basic freedoms, such as divorce, party-affiliation and kissing in the street. In 1998 she returned to make a journey through the great cities and towns of central Spain - Madrid, Toledo, Segovia, Salamanca and others. With the new prosperity, much has changed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut much has also endured, as she learns from the people she meets, who include a private detective, a shepherd, various nuns, two belly dancers and a Castilian separatist.  She also discovers that Cervantes' DON QUIXOTE' published in 1605 and the most translated book after the Bible - is a work of genius which still helps to explain the Spanish character: today's Spaniards still suffer from Don Quixote's delusions, and are as stubborn, inflexible and unrealistic as they have always been.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449761476982,"sku":"9780753813843","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_14042631_jpg.jpg?v=1760446659","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780753813843-don-quixotes-delusions","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}