Today December 11 2015 is 28th Death Anniversary of G A Kulkarni (जी ए कुलकर्णी)
I have still not read Cervantes's book but I decided to read the last chapter and it did move me.
But I had already shed the tear for dying Don while reading G A Kulkarni's (जी ए कुलकर्णी) 'Yatrik' (यात्रिक).
GA does not use almost a single word of Cervantes but I dare say he is no less moving than Cervantes there. He imagines the words that could have been exchanged there as Don lay dying.
courtesy: Popular Prakashan (पॉप्युलर प्रकाशन)
Simon Leys writes:
"...The death of Don Quixote in the last chapter is the
climax of the entire book. I would challenge any reader, however tough and
insensitive, to read these pages without shedding a tear..." ('THE HALL OF USELESSNESS', Collected Essays, 2011)
I have still not read Cervantes's book but I decided to read the last chapter and it did move me.
But I had already shed the tear for dying Don while reading G A Kulkarni's (जी ए कुलकर्णी) 'Yatrik' (यात्रिक).
GA does not use almost a single word of Cervantes but I dare say he is no less moving than Cervantes there. He imagines the words that could have been exchanged there as Don lay dying.
courtesy: Popular Prakashan (पॉप्युलर प्रकाशन)
'The Death of Don Quixote', 1902
Sancho Panza peers sadly through the half-open door.
Artist: William Strang