Monsignor Quixote
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A warmly comic yet deeply philosophical novel, Monsignor Quixote chronicles the unlikely road trip of a humble Spanish priest — newly and accidentally elevated to Monsignor — and his unlikely companion, the recently ousted Communist mayor of a small town, as they travel the roads of modern Spain in a battered old SEAT. Drawing a deliberate parallel to Cervantes' immortal Don Quixote, Graham Greene illustrates how faith and ideology, far from being irreconcilable opposites, share a common root in the human need for belief and meaning. The novel's tone is gently witty and suffused with warmth, yet it carries an undercurrent of genuine theological inquiry, as the two friends argue, drink Manchegan wine, and confront the absurdities of the modern world together. Greene presents their friendship as a testament to the idea that shared doubt can be more binding than shared certainty, and the book builds to a quietly devastating conclusion that lingers long after the final page.
Author: Graham Greene
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, The Bodley Head
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A warmly comic yet deeply philosophical novel, Monsignor Quixote chronicles the unlikely road trip of a humble Spanish priest — newly and accidentally elevated to Monsignor — and his unlikely companion, the recently ousted Communist mayor of a small town, as they travel the roads of modern Spain in a battered old SEAT. Drawing a deliberate parallel to Cervantes' immortal Don Quixote, Graham Greene illustrates how faith and ideology, far from being irreconcilable opposites, share a common root in the human need for belief and meaning. The novel's tone is gently witty and suffused with warmth, yet it carries an undercurrent of genuine theological inquiry, as the two friends argue, drink Manchegan wine, and confront the absurdities of the modern world together. Greene presents their friendship as a testament to the idea that shared doubt can be more binding than shared certainty, and the book builds to a quietly devastating conclusion that lingers long after the final page.