{"product_id":"france-m-don-quixotes-delusions-9780753813843","title":"France M Don Quixotes Delusions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\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","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737051181399,"sku":"9780753813843","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780753813843.jpg?v=1723810933","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/france-m-don-quixotes-delusions-9780753813843","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}