When I said “out of stubbornness”, I meant that my goal was to finish the book once for ever more than doing it for pleasure. However, reading it requires preparation and time. Is “Don Quixote” the best Spanish novel? I wouldn’t dare to say so. There were moments for real laughter while reading it, but there were also moments of boredom and dull reading. So, in mid December 2015 I said to myself: “You’d better read it from cover to cover and without stopping otherwise, you’ll never finish it”. I have tried to read “Don Quixote” umpteenth times along my life and umpteenth times I gave it up. Reading “Las armas y las letras” acted as a spur to undertake the reading of “Don Quixote”, although I must admit I did it more “out of stubbornness” rather than pleasure. I really encourage you to read it (I don’t know if there is an English version). It’s a reference book which left me a very good taste in the mouth. I recommend “Las armas y las letras” to anybody willing to learn something about Literature and History during the Spanish Civil War. It was the month when I undertook the reading of two books: “Las armas y las letras” (Arms and Letters) by Spanish writer Andrés Trapiello and “The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha” by Miguel de Cervantes. December 2015 was a particular month for me.
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