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Rushdie don quichotte6/19/2023 ![]() This is where Rushdie makes a significant departure from Cervantes. Rich and unattainable, she is the woman Quichotte idolizes. Rushdie's Quichotte's self-begotten romance or his Dulcenea del Toboso, on the other hand, is Salma R, also of Indian origin and a hugely popular TV personality. For a fifteen-year old, he shows amazing wisdom. ![]() His Sancho Panza-well, there is one in Quichotte, sort of-is his son who materializes in the passenger seat of the Cruz out of thin air to give his dad a reality check every now and then. His ride, comparable to Cervantes's Don's rickety horse Rocinante (or Rozinante), is a Chevy Cruz of bygone years. His itinerant life in his newly adopted country has a reason: he works for a pharmaceutical business, which is a cover for pushing opioids. ![]() Like most Rushdie characters from Mumbai, the protagonist of Rushdie's Quichotte is an Indian immigrant in the US. ![]()
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