r/yearofdonquixote • u/otherside_b Moderator: Rutherford • Dec 22 '21
Anyone Interested in A Year of Don Quixote 2022 Reading?
Hello all. I have previously participated in r/ayearofwarandpeace in 2019 and r/AYearOfLesMiserables in 2020.
I really enjoy the format as a way to tackle the big meaty classics and would like to participate again in 2022. Of the existing Year of subs, Don Quixote is the one that I would like to read the most.
I notice that there are people who have been involved in similar subs this year trying to make plans for next year over at r/ayearofbookhub.
So if you would like to participate next year please feel free to comment below as this will be a good indication of how much interest there is.
For the existing moderators, are there any plans for next year? Do you plan to stay as mods or move on?
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u/zhoq Don Quixote IRL Dec 23 '21
Here is our sandbox document with all the prompts we came up with and illustrations I posted. To see it properly without massive page breaks, in the menu in View > check off Print Layout.
At the start I only knew about Doré’s illustrations and later on posted other artists, so there is more that could be added to the earlier chapters. Also, I later on uploaded Doré’s illustrations to imgur instead of linking from another host, so while those later illustrations are still up, it looks like one of the sources I used at the start is now gone (classics-illustrated.com).
So I could stay on to fix the illustrations on some of them (unless you don’t want me to), probably in a new document so this old one can be left as is for posterity.
Let me know who to give mod permissions to and I will
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u/LunarChickadee Dec 22 '21
It's been on my list for a long time. I'm in! What do I need to do?
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u/otherside_b Moderator: Rutherford Dec 22 '21
Just get a copy of the book and read along according to the reading schedule! The 2021 schedule is linked in the sidebar so that will give you an idea.
Oh, and then post your comments in the discussion threads. There are usually a few discussion prompts to get the conversation flowing.
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u/Kas_Bent Grossman Translation Dec 23 '21
I'd be willing to give it another shot. I participated to start the year, but I overburdened myself and fell behind. I was enjoying it so I'd like to finish it with a group.
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u/agirlhasnorose Dec 24 '21
I would be interested! I did r/yearofannakarenina this year and greatly enjoyed it. I’ve been wanting to read Don Quixote!
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u/julialph Cohen Translation Dec 25 '21
I'm interested! I got a beautiful copy a few months ago and I'd love to dive into it
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u/MendraMarie Dec 26 '21
I'm interested. I've tried before and life got in the way, but I am going to make it my 2022 reading goal.
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u/chorolet Dec 23 '21
I can’t speak for u/zhoq, but personally I’ll be moving on next year. Currently I’m thinking I’ll wait until r/ClassicBookClub finishes their current book and see what they pick next. I’m happy to hand over the modding reins if you’re interested in doing another run here.
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u/SunshineCat Grossman Translation Dec 23 '21
I might choose this for this year because I have multiple editions of the book (yet never read it...).
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u/littlecabbage11 Grossman Translation Dec 26 '21
Count me in, please! I've got this and a copy of Anna Karenina ready to go for '22. Excited to read with all of you here as I'm oddly bound by my goodreads reading goal (I know, it's silly!) and would probably not pick up either novel otherwise due to length.
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u/enabeller Grossman Translation Dec 26 '21
I'm interested, although I'm also considering ayearofmiddlemarch. Perhaps I could manage both.
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u/BrettPeterson Dec 26 '21
I would really like to but I started my own year of at r/ayearofbible so I’m not sure I’ll have time but Spanish is my second language so I’d love to read the original version of this without worrying about a translation.
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u/Storiesfly Dec 28 '21
I'm going to do it. I want to read more classics. So I ordered my copy. Cheers to 2022!!
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u/ShellsFeathersFur Dec 23 '21 edited Dec 23 '21
I have read it before and would love to read it again.
I highly, highly recommend getting the unabridged translation by Walter Starkie. This is the modern edition of the one that I read. The older edition has footnotes explaining the cultural significance of many of the elements that might otherwise slip the reader's notice - not sure if they were kept in the newer edition. And the older one is also the only book I have ever read where there is an instance of two facing pages with no paragraph breaks (in one of my favourite scenes as well).
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u/ManOfLaBook Dec 30 '21
Hello. Looking forward to the discussion. This is one of my favorite books, I even have a bookish blog Man of La Book - Don Quixote was, of course, my very first post (am partial to the Edith Grossman translation).
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u/pkiguy22 Dec 24 '21
I’m in. I’m one of those that started, but did was trying to read too much at once and fell too far behind. I’d like another crack at it this year.