Both Spanish, both mustachioed, both see the world, insistently, in their own way: only natural, I suppose, that Salvador Dalí of Figueres and Don Quixote of La Mancha would run into each other sooner or later. The surrealist dedicated a healthy chunk of his career to illustrating texts; the fruits of that facet of his impressive productivity include Dalí-ized editions of Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and The Divine Comedy. And to Cervantes’ vision, what vision of his own does he bring?
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