frenkeld Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6928 days ago 2042 posts - 2719 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German
| Message 1 of 8 24 January 2011 at 7:26pm | IP Logged |
I only learned about the existence of www.amazon.it today.
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Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5330 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish*
| Message 2 of 8 24 January 2011 at 9:14pm | IP Logged |
That is so cool! Now if we could only have Amazon India and Amazon Russia.
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numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6768 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin
| Message 3 of 8 24 January 2011 at 9:23pm | IP Logged |
They opened in December, if memory serves. The selection is rather limited at the moment,
compared to the UK one for example. There's no kindle books, there's no wishlist function
etc. But I can understand that it takes them a while to build up their offering, which
hopefully will see an expansion over the year. It's a really good time to be learning
italian. :)
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magictom123 Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5578 days ago 272 posts - 365 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French
| Message 4 of 8 24 January 2011 at 10:50pm | IP Logged |
This is great. I was looking a little while back for books and tried to type in
amazon.it but I think I got diverted to the French site. I'm gonna have a good look now.
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newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6364 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map
| Message 5 of 8 26 January 2011 at 2:38pm | IP Logged |
This is fantastic! Thanks for posting the news.
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translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6904 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 6 of 8 26 January 2011 at 3:12pm | IP Logged |
What are some names of some modern popular Italian writers (equivalent to John Grisham, Dan Brown, etc.)? In other words, light, entertaining reading rather than heavy literature (e.g. Umberto Eco). I like Giorgio Faletti. Any other writers you would recommend?
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newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6364 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map
| Message 7 of 8 16 February 2011 at 5:32am | IP Logged |
translator2 wrote:
What are some names of some modern popular Italian writers (equivalent to John Grisham, Dan Brown, etc.)? In other words, light, entertaining reading rather than heavy literature (e.g. Umberto Eco). I like Giorgio Faletti. Any other writers you would recommend? |
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You could try Andrea Camilleri who writes crime novels. They have been turned into tv movies that can be watched on the RAI website.
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translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6904 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 8 of 8 16 February 2011 at 3:47pm | IP Logged |
Thank you! I will take a look.
newyorkeric wrote:
translator2 wrote:
What are some names of some modern popular Italian writers (equivalent to John Grisham, Dan Brown, etc.)? In other words, light, entertaining reading rather than heavy literature (e.g. Umberto Eco). I like Giorgio Faletti. Any other writers you would recommend? |
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You could try Andrea Camilleri who writes crime novels. They have been turned into tv movies that can be watched on the RAI website. |
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