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Monsignor Quixote is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1982. The book is a pastiche of the classic 1605 and 1615 Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes with many moments of comedy, but also offers reflection on matters such as life after a dictatorship, Communism, and the Catholic faith.
Jan 1, 2001 · Monsignor Quixote. Graham Greene. 3.93. 4,399 ratings428 reviews. A religious novel, it tells the story of a humble priest who is elevated to Monsignor by the Pope himself because of a clerical error. It's modern picaresque, with frequent nods to Cervantes...
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Sep 30, 2008 · When Father Quixote, a local priest of the Spanish village of El Toboso who claims ancestry to Cervantes’ fictional Don Quixote, is elevated to the rank of monsignor through a clerical error, he sets out on a journey to Madrid to purchase purple socks appropriate to his new station.
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Sep 27, 1982 · MONSIGNOR QUIXOTE. by Graham Greene ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 27, 1982. bookshelf. shop now. The theological shade of Greene—in a wispy, undramatic, but charming modern-day fable, loosely paralleling the Cervantes classic. Quixote here is Father Quixote, a Spanish village-priest and a supposed descendant of the original Don.
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Sep 27, 1982 · Monsignor Quixote. Hardcover – September 27, 1982. A humble priest, recently named a Monsignor, sets off in his little car--with his Communist friend, Sancho Zancas--on a vacation trip that takes him across Spain and into adventures of faith, chivalry, and kindness.
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Oct 2, 2010 · Driven away from his parish by a censorious bishop, Monsignor Quixote sets off across Spain accompanied by a deposed renegade mayor as his own Sancho Panza, and his noble steed Rocinante – a faithful but antiquated SEAT 600.
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Published in 1932, Monsignor Quixote is Graham Greene’s last religious novel, a fond homage to Cervantes, and a sincere exploration into the meaning of faith in the modern world. This edition features a new introduction by John Auchard.
