Die Irrfahrten von Persiles und Sigismunda

"The ingenious counter-draft to 'Quixote'."- Süddeutsche ZeitungFor Cervantes, the crowning achievement of his work - in Petra Strien's spectacular new translation.Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) finished work on the novel he considered his best work and the crowning achievement of his oeuvre three days before his death. An odyssey of love, a Christian pilgrimage, a novel of education in the spirit of the Counter-Reformation - and above all a novel of adventure are contained in this great and lusty book, overflowing with legends and episodes. Cervantes tells the sublime story of two lovers: their origins and their names - Persiles and Sigismunda - are only revealed in the last pages of the novel.