the man of la mancha
Via Wolcott:
The Venezuelan government has printed one million free copies of Don Quixote to mark the book's 400th anniversary.
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"To some extent, we are followers of Quixote," he told viewers of his Hello President TV show.
The Venezuelan edition contains a prologue written by Portuguese Nobel literature laureate Jose Saramago.
The free copies will be handed out in public squares this weekend, said Mr Chavez.
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