Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6024 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds
| Message 18 of 177 12 September 2009 at 7:01pm | IP Logged |
I'm currently reading the 3rd Dune novel by Frank Herbert (in English) and this game-book in French:
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dbh2ppa Diglot Groupie Costa Rica Joined 5678 days ago 44 posts - 74 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian, Japanese, Sign Language
| Message 19 of 177 13 September 2009 at 5:58am | IP Logged |
宮沢賢治 - 銀河鉄道の夜 (japanese) and it's taking forever looking up every second word, and all the grammar :P
rowling - harry potter e il prigioniero di azkaban (italian) just because i got the audiobooks, and my listening sucks for lack of practice
pavese, cesare - la luna e i falò (italian) because it's great... and i get to learn at least four new words per page
levy, marc - et si c'était vrai (french) to see how much i understand, maybe i'll take up french if it's not too much work.
mindess, anna - reading between the signs_ intercultural communication for sign language interpreters (english) because i have to keep up my English, and intercultural communication, and sign language are fascinating
bunch of boring school books (spanish) because I have to :|.
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modestblues Newbie Bahamas Joined 5547 days ago 33 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 20 of 177 13 September 2009 at 6:17am | IP Logged |
Dubliners by James Joyce. Then maybe onto some Dostoevsky. If only I could read it in the original Russian!
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ericspinelli Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5773 days ago 249 posts - 493 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Korean, Italian
| Message 21 of 177 13 September 2009 at 9:30am | IP Logged |
I just finished 少年 by 谷崎潤一郎 (Tanizaki Jun'ichiro) and am starting 海辺のカフカ by 村上春樹 (Murakami Haruki - Kafka on the Shore). The former was difficult due to its outdated kanji use and unfamiliar historical cultural references, but Kafka seems like it'll be one of Murakami's easier books for me.
Every now and then I leaf through a loaned copy of 日本人の知らない日本語 which is really popular right now in Japan.
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Gon-no-suke Triglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6424 days ago 156 posts - 191 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Japanese, EnglishC2 Studies: Korean, Malay, Swahili
| Message 22 of 177 13 September 2009 at 11:48am | IP Logged |
Today I just finished "Het zijn net mensen" by Joris Luyendijk (Dutch). It was really good. Now I will focus on "Die Blechtrommel" by Günter Grass (German), which I left at page 50 a couple of months ago. I'm also reading "Le Mystère de la chambre jaune" by Gaston Leroux in English and French a chapter at the time, listening to Frech audio while reading the French chapters. Both are available for free on the web. I'm also supposed to be reading "Elisi katika nchi ya ajabu" by Lewis Carrol in Swahili with the English as a crutch, but I have a hard time finishing the first chapter...
Edited by Gon-no-suke on 13 September 2009 at 11:51am
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ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5984 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German
| Message 23 of 177 13 September 2009 at 12:14pm | IP Logged |
I am now reading Relato de un naufrago by Gabriel García Marquez. It's a pretty decent read so far.
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eoinda Tetraglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5938 days ago 101 posts - 113 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, Spanish, Mandarin Studies: French
| Message 24 of 177 13 September 2009 at 1:30pm | IP Logged |
I'm just about to finish "El juego del ángel" (spanish) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón a great book
even though it was a bit slow in the beginning.
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