Literature's favourite knight errant turns 400

Four centuries after he first set his lance at a windmill, Spain commemorates Don Quixote, its most famous fictional son, with a year-long programme of celebrations

Staff and agencies
Thursday January 13, 2005


A man walks past a street painter's portrait of Don Quixote in Madrid
 

William Faulkner read it every year. Former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez peruses it daily. One expert recommends you read it three times before you die, while another envies those who haven't touched it - yet.
Don Quixote tròn 400 tuổi. W. Faulkner mỗi năm mỗi đọc. Một chuyên gia khuyên, nên đọc ba lần trước khi bạn đi luôn, ông khác mong, chưa từng sờ vô...
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Simon Jeffery and agencies
Thursday January 13, 2005
Prince Harry was today urged to visit Auschwitz after his apology for wearing a Nazi officer's uniform to a fancy dress party appeared to do little to calm the controversy.
[Trích Guardian]
Hoàng tử Harry, con Diana, được yêu cầu hãy đến Lò Thiêu mà xin lỗi, sau khi diện bộ đồ Nazi