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| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6950 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 1 of 6 22 September 2008 at 4:12am | IP Logged |
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I was wondering if anyone could recommend any Spanish books for me.
I am at a low-intermediate level (I just passed the DELE inicial) and have just read "Admirador Secreto" by R.L.Stine (Translation). It's a novel (142 pages) and I think it is aimed for children around 12 years old. I am hoping to find something around the same level, maybe slightly more challenging. It woud be great to read some books that aren't translations. I enjoy reading mystery and crime. Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6950 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 2 of 6 24 September 2008 at 3:02am | IP Logged |
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Or if no one has any suggestion along those lines, perhaps some traditional Spanish or latin american fairy tales?
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| joan.carles Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6324 days ago 332 posts - 342 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan*, French, EnglishC1, EnglishC2, Mandarin Studies: Hungarian, Russian, Georgian | Message 3 of 6 24 September 2008 at 3:42pm | IP Logged |
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ymapazagain, try Rimas y Leyendas de Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. Unless you also like poetry (that would be the Rimas part) I recommend you the Leyendas, a compilation of old Spanish legends, with a misterious touch. It's a classic work. In my times, we read it at school, so I'm sure you'll find it easy to understand.
Rimas y Leyendas Let me remember others... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6950 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 4 of 6 25 September 2008 at 4:06am | IP Logged |
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Thanks so much Joan, I'll definitely have to order that one in, it looks great!
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| joan.carles Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6324 days ago 332 posts - 342 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan*, French, EnglishC1, EnglishC2, Mandarin Studies: Hungarian, Russian, Georgian | Message 5 of 6 26 September 2008 at 1:54am | IP Logged |
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ymapazagain, you can also check the web of Alfaguara, they have a collection for youngsters (12 to 17 years, more
or less, the level you're looking for ). You can do a search by author. I don't know most of them, at that age I was most into Poe, Lovecraft, Derleth... well, also Ramon J. Sender, whose novel Bizancio I enjoyed a lot. It's a historical novel about the catalan soldiers (almogàvers) in the Byzantine empire. http://www.alfaguarainfantilyjuvenil.com/index.php?s=autores &letra=a Try Bernardo Atxaga (he writes in Basque but his novels are translated into Spanish) or Carmen Queralt. Enjoy! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| S4Real Newbie United States Joined 6260 days ago 25 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 6 26 September 2008 at 3:35am | IP Logged |
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Sounds like La Biblia would be excellent for you- 66 books in one. Lots of variety- historical, poetic, proverbial... Just stay away from para-phrased editions.
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