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Hey /lit/, im learning italian, recommend me simple books to read to get more familiar with the language

>> No.16340361

>>16340229
The Decameron. Or The Divine Comedy. Might as well start with where it all began.

>> No.16340444

Try any author you liked, in translation. Being familiar with the material helps a lot.

Having said that, you might try some Sherlock Holmes stories, my personal favourites in noncommittal short lit

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I agree with >>16340444, do start with books you already know, or find both versions in Italian and English/your native language. Read the version in a language you know first to enjoy/understand it, then read it in Italian to analyze it. Once you're more familiar with the Italian version, try translating it yourself, and notice the adaptations that had to be made, and the subtleties that got lost in translation. If this thread is still up tomorrow and you're still interested, I may post my crappy translation of The Veldt by Ray Bradbury.

For a list of classics, both Italian and Foreign, Wikipedia has a list: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letteratura_per_ragazzi#Autori_e_opere

I think some good starting points for Italian authors could be Rodari (weird/surreal fantasy stories), Salgari (adventure novels), Calvino (Marcovaldo, but I remember reading "Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno" and "Il visconte dimezzato" for school). In the unlikely case some books aren't available in Italian on Z-Lib, try liberliber.it (note, it only has public domain books. The landing page is them begging for money, click "entra" in the top right corner to get past the panhandling).

Also, what languages do you already know? I can't imagine anyone learning Italian if they don't already know a related language...

>> No.16340834

>>16340760
Thanks for the advice, i already know spanish and english

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>>16340834
>i already know spanish
Native speaker, right? From what I've seen (I'm Italian, learning Spanish) most of the grammar is quite similar, even the verb tenses. There is a book called "Comparative Grammar of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French" on Z-Lib, but I think you can learn the differences by practice; the the main obstacle is probably vocabulary. If you don't mind contemporary (and somewhat sappy) YA literature, you can try Alessando D'Avenia. "Bianca come il latte, rossa come il sangue" is his first novel, it even got adapted into a movie.
If you want to practice together, you can add me on Discord: Punished Debiru#1386.

>> No.16341638

>>16341209
>If you want to practice together, you can add me on Discord
that sounds great, its probably the best way to learn, and yes i am a spanish native speaker, altho my spanish is pretty far away from neutral