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From: Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
Date: 20050327
Author:SHEILAH KAST
SHEILAH KAST
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
03-27-2005
Interview: Julian Branson discusses his novel "Tilting at Windmills" and his take on novelist Miguel de Cervantes
Host: SHEILAH KAST
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
SHEILAH KAST, host:
Four hundred years ago, a disappointed playwright and wounded war veteran, Miguel de Cervantes, published "Don Quixote de la Mancha." The tale of the delusional, chivalrous knight traveling the Spanish countryside in quest of adventures was a runaway best-seller, though it didn't make much money for its author. Now the errant knight rides again, and this time, Cervantes ...
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