The Poem of the Cid: Dual Language Edition (Meridian) (Spanish and English Edition) [Paperback]

Anonymous (Author), W.S. Merwin (Translator)

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• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Plume (October 1, 1975)
• Language: Spanish, English
• ISBN-10: 0452010608
• ISBN-13: 978-0452010604
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,952,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: The Poem of the Cid: Dual Language Edition (Meridian) (Spanish and English Edition) (Paperback)

... you can rediscover El Cid Campeador - the greatest hero of Spanish history - in a bilingual edition with the best English translation ever made, that of the poet W.S. Merwin! What more could I say!

For a thousand or so dollars, you could travel to Burgos, one of the most pleasant and under-touristed cities of Spain, and view the actual tomb of El Cid - a real person - in the center of the best Gothic Cathedral in Spain. Be sure to look overhead, at the recently restored star-ceiling above El Cid's tomb; it's the finest 'mudejar' work of art anywhere in the world.

It's a wise thing, once in a while, to look over your library. My copy of Merwin's translation is included in the Modern Library edition of "Medieval Epics". It's so old that the edges of the pages look like ambergris, but I could still read "El Cid" with the same boyish excitement as fifty-some years ago. It was better than a new Batman comic then! It's better than ever now.