June 28, 2002
'Don Quixote,' a Must-Read for the Ages
If there's one summer read you shouldn't pass up, it's Don Quixote -- at least according to the Nigerian author Ben Okri, who voted it the most meaningful literary work of all time.
Mr. Okri was not alone. Miguel de Cervantes's 17th-century tale of a hapless knight who mistakes inns for castles and windmills for giants topped a new list of the 100 most influential works of fiction.
The list, released last month by the Norwegian Book Clubs, was based on a survey of 100
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