I ask because last weekend I found a bunch of Louis L’Amor books for a quarter a piece because the couple was moving so they just wanted to get rid of a lot. Also, found the Lonesome Dove book (may be multiple stories in one because it’s very thick).
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I guess it’s not technically a Western, but it originated many of these tropes (and like, most tropes we associate with “the novel”, today) - Don Quixote by Cervantes.
It’s excellent, especially given that it is almost as old as Shakespeare, lol!
Spanish is my second language and I’ve been trying to read the original Spanish version. I’m gonna read it in English abc then tackle the Spanish version. I read my Spanish Bible and it’s the equivalent of old English so I should be able to read it.
Oh awesome! I tried to read Harry Potter in French (family gift), but gave up, lol…
Not Western, but… You read any Lorca yet?
He’s not bad.
Did you grow up with the Castilian (vosotros) or Latino (ustedes) version of Spanish..?
Because I feel like the first would definitely make old Doamish literature a bit easier!
I had a Basque Spanish teacher, and then one from Colombia, and then Uruguay….
Made it interesting!
I took Spanish in school and then I’ve worked various jobs where I had to speak it but I mainly learned from people from Mexico. Only Castilian that I have would be the Bible. I don’t have any Lorca. Will have to check them out.
The original was so popular that there was huge demand for a sequel.
Cervantes was taking his time and a fake got written, which sold quite well.
Eventually Cervantes finished his (genuine) sequel. In the book Quixote meeds his counterfeit and deals with him. It is pretty funny if you know the context.