Quichotte

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Quichotte is a 2019 novel by Salman Rushdie that reimagines Cervantes’ Don Quixote in contemporary America, blending satire, metafiction, and social commentary.

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instanceOf novel
postmodern novel
satirical novel
author Salman Rushdie
basedOn Don Quixote
containsElement fantastical episodes
intertextual references to Don Quixote
road trip narrative
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Noma Bar
explores contemporary American politics
the blurring of reality and fantasy
the impact of television
firstEditionFormat hardcover
hasISBN 9780593132982
hasMetafictionalAuthorCharacter Sam DuChamp
hasPageCount 416
hasProtagonistOccupation pharmaceutical sales representative
inspiredBy Don Quixote
literaryGenre magic realism
metafiction
satire
social novel
mainCharacter Quichotte self-link
Sancho Panza
surface form: Sancho
marketedAs retelling of Don Quixote
narrativePerspective multiple perspectives
narrativeStyle metafictional
originalLanguage English
partOf Booker Prize 2019 shortlist
protagonistEthnicity Indian American
publicationDate 2019
publisher Jonathan Cape
Random House
setting contemporary America
United States of America
surface form: contemporary United States
shortlistedFor Booker Prize
surface form: 2019 Booker Prize

Booker Prize
surface form: Booker Prize for Fiction
theme American society
celebrity culture
family relationships
identity
immigration
love
media saturation
opioid crisis
racism
titleCharacterNamedAfter Don Quixote

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Quichotte mainCharacter Quichotte self-link
Salman Rushdie notableWork Quichotte