{"id":4987,"date":"2014-03-13T10:41:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T10:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2014-03-14T07:54:33","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T07:54:33","slug":"what-are-you-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/what-are-you-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are You Reading?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two for the price of one today \u2026 a short conversational blog which also doubles as a mini book review!<\/p>\n

Author Niccol\u00f2 Ammaniti<\/strong> was born in Rome in 1966. He has written three novels and a collection of short stories. He won the prestigious Italian Viareggio-Repaci Prize for Fiction with his bestselling novel Io Non Ho Paura<\/strong> (I’m Not Scared), which has been translated into thirty-five languages, and made into a wonderful film that I highly recommend you see (available with English subtitles). Here is his official website<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Serena: \u201cChe libro stai leggendo?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

what book are you reading?<\/font><\/p>\n

Geoff: \u201cSto leggendo \u2018Fango\u2019 di Niccol\u00f2 Ammaniti, quello che mi hai passato tu l\u2019altro giorno\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

I\u2019m reading Fango by Niccol\u00f2 Ammaniti, the one you passed on to me the other day<\/font><\/p>\n

Serena: \u201cAh, s\u00ec, quello! allora \u2026 come lo trovi?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

Ah yes, that one! so \u2026 what do you think of it?<\/font><\/p>\n

Geoff: \u201cUn po\u2019 strano \u2026 e abbastanza difficile, per me\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

A bit strange \u2026 and quite difficult, for me<\/font><\/p>\n

Serena: \u201cS\u00ec, te l\u2019avevo detto che sarebbe stato difficile, ma secondo me ne vale la pena \u2026 ma strano in che senso?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

Yes, I told you that it would be difficult, but I think it\u2019s worth it \u2026 but strange in what way?<\/font><\/p>\n

Geoff: \u201cNel senso che \u00e8 uno strano miscuglio di umorismo e macabro. Per esempio, ti ricordi la prima storia, che s\u2019intitola \u2018L\u2019ultimo capodanno dell\u2019umanit\u00e0\u2019? Quella comincia in maniera leggera, scherzosa, e poi \u2026 pian piano diventa sempre pi\u00f9 surreale e violenta, infatti mi ricorda qualche sketch di Monty Python. S\u00ec, \u00e8 una specie di Monty Python all\u2019italiana\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

In that it\u2019s a strange mixture of humour and macabre. For example, you remember the first story that\u2019s called \u2018The Last New year\u2019s Eve of Humanity\u2019? It begins lightly, jokingly, and then gets gradually more surreal and violent, in fact it reminds me of some of the Monty Python sketches. Yes, it\u2019s a kind of Italian Monty Python.<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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A scene from the film \u2018Io Non Ho Paura\u2019<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Serena: \u201cS\u00ec, \u00e8 vero! proprio per questo mi \u00e8 piaciuto, perch\u00e9 \u00e8 cos\u00ec surreale \u2026 ma allo stesso tempo i personaggi sono cos\u00ec ben descritti, che sembra di vederli uno per uno\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

Yes, it\u2019s true! that\u2019s exactly why I liked it, because it\u2019s so surreal \u2026 but at the same time the characters are so well described, you can clearly visualise each one<\/font><\/p>\n

Geoff: \u201cEsatto! per\u00f2 la seconda storia non mi \u00e8 piaciuta, perch\u00e9 era impietosamente violenta, senza l\u2019umorismo della prima\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

Exactly! however, I didn\u2019t like the second story because it\u2019s pitilessly violent, without the humour of the first one<\/font><\/p>\n

Serena: \u201cNo, neanche a me \u00e8 piaciuta, \u00e8 scioccante \u2026  e la terza?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

No, I didn\u2019t like it either, it\u2019s shocking \u2026 and the third?<\/font><\/p>\n

Geoff: \u201cLa terza mi \u00e8, fra virgolette, piaciuta \u2026 cio\u00e8 \u00e8 molto ben scritta, ti prende, per\u00f2 provoca un senso di disagio. E poi la quarta storia non l\u2019ho ancora letta\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

I liked, in inverted commas, the third one \u2026 that is, it\u2019s really well written, it grips you, but it makes you feel uneasy. And as for the fourth \u2026 I haven\u2019t read it yet <\/font><\/p>\n

Serena: \u201cQual \u00e8 la quarta? (sfoglia il libro) Ah, \u2018Lo Zoologo\u2019, anche quella \u00e8 bella, assurda e \u2026\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

Which one is the fourth? (thumbs through book) Ah, The Zoologist, that one\u2019s great, absurd and \u2026<\/font><\/p>\n

Geoff: \u201cVa bene, basta! Non mi svelare troppo!\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

Okay, that\u2019s enough! don\u2019t reveal too much!<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Niccol\u00f2 Ammaniti<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Serena: \u201cComunque, dal punto vista di uno che sta imparando l\u2019italiano, gli consiglieresti questo libro?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

But from the point of view of someone who\u2019s learning Italian, would you recommend this book to them?<\/font><\/p>\n

Geoff: \u201cSolo se hanno una buona conoscenza dell\u2019italiano \u2026 non \u00e8 certo per i principianti\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

Only if they have a good understanding of Italian \u2026 it\u2019s certainly not for beginners<\/font><\/p>\n

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Have you read any of Niccol\u00f2 Ammaniti\u2019s books, and if so what do you think of his writing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Two for the price of one today \u2026 a short conversational blog which also doubles as a mini book review! Author Niccol\u00f2 Ammaniti was born in Rome in 1966. He has written three novels and a collection of short stories. He won the prestigious Italian Viareggio-Repaci Prize for Fiction with his bestselling novel Io Non…<\/p>\n

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