Coming soon to a venue near you: Miguel de Cervantes will be promoting Don Quixote! (Thanks to Brecht for the tip.)
Addendum. It occurs to me that Harper-Collins will probably be taking this embarrassing page offline at some point, so I should reproduce it here for the benefit of posterity:
Miguel de Cervantes Events
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Wednesday, May 11, 2005 06:00 PM
Cervantes, Miguel de, will be promoting Don Quixote, translated by Edith Grossman
MUNK CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES/Talk and roundtable discussion
Munk Centre, Campbell Conference Centre, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 06:00 PM
Cervantes, Miguel de, will be promoting Don Quixote
QUEEN SOFIA SPANISH INSTITUTE/Discussion and Signing
684 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021
Friday, June 03, 2005 06:00 PM
Cervantes, Miguel de, will be promoting Don Quixote
INSTITUTO CERVANTES/Panel Discussion on Don Quixote
211-215 East 49 Street, New York, NY 10017
Thursday, June 23, 2005 07:00 PM
Cervantes, Miguel de, will be promoting Don Quixote
FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA/Montgomery Auditorium
1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
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In Print
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Cervantes, Miguel de, will be promoting Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes
GLOBE & MAIL
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Cervantes, Miguel de, will be promoting Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes
EDMONTON JOURNAL
Yes. Well. Um. Wow.
That one just leaves me kinda speechless. Is there a windmill in the house?
Posted by: Dorothea Salo at April 29, 2005 09:28 PMSeems that if you go deeper into the website, here, for example: http://www.harpercollins.com/global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060934344 you will get a chance to sign up to be notified about his "next book." Here is the reminder for that treat:
"Don't miss Miguel de Cervantes's next book. Sign up for AuthorTracker!"
I wonder what he is working on now?
Posted by: maria at April 29, 2005 10:57 PMI'm sure he's trying to wring another translation deal out of his agent. You know how those money-grubbing "classics" are…
Posted by: Alex Smaliy at April 30, 2005 01:20 AMThat reminds me of this performance-art/hoax thingy where they stage a meet-n-greet with Anton Chekov in a Barnes and Noble.
Posted by: kf at April 30, 2005 10:10 AMI heard a rumor that Mozart was composing some new stuff, but it turned out that what they meant was that he was decomposing.
Posted by: John Emerson at April 30, 2005 10:42 AMMy goodness! Well, since it will be very easy for me to go to the Munk Centre on May 11, I think I had better do so. I promise to report back to you on the condition of that excellent gentleman, Mr. Cervantes, and on what he has to say for himself after all these years.
Posted by: Q. Pheevr at April 30, 2005 01:28 PMPlease do!
Posted by: language hat at April 30, 2005 04:54 PMOf course, the other funny thing here is that the Globe & Mail isn't published on Sundays....
Posted by: Q. Pheevr at May 1, 2005 11:19 AMI can't believe it! He did't bother to do any promotion in Spain, and we are spending a lot of money this year in his honour! Not fair.
Posted by: Paqui at May 6, 2005 10:46 AMAh, many thanks! It's a pity you weren't able to stay; I'm sure Cervantes would have shown for at least the drinks after the speeches.
Posted by: language hat at May 15, 2005 08:34 PM