Buondì.
This morning I published the fourth in our five-part series about an Italian family that migrates to the USA. The final installment of the saga is due in a fortnight.
Colpa della terra, Libro 4, Infanzia di un immigrato, like Libro 3 is B2/C1, so upper-intermediate/advanced.
As usual the first week, it’s disounted 25%, so £5.99 rather than the usual ‘easy reader’ price of £7.99. Get it while it’s hot!
An original Italian easy reader by Francesca Colombo
Libro 4 is narrated by Riccardo, aged nine, merchant seaman Antonio’s second child, younger brother to Anna, who’s already left home. Riccardo and Anna are the first two members of the family to be born in the U.S.A., but things are still not going as well as the migrant family had hoped when they sailed from Napoli thirty years earlier…
“Non ci sono sabati né domeniche, per chi lavora in mare!” Lo zio Giuliano indica con un cenno mio padre, la cui ombra si intravede dietro la finestra, poi mi guarda. Stringe in una mano un fagotto, con l’altra tiene il bastone per camminare: “Che pensi?” mi chiede.
Sputa a terra. Il suo tono, sempre un po’ aggressivo e inquisitorio, mi mette agitazione. Dice sempre che non gli piacciono i bambini e che “fino ai tredici anni sono inutili.” Perciò io, che ho solo nove anni, ho ancora molta strada da fare per diventare utile. Quando è di malumore mi dice: “Riccardo, per diventare un uomo sul serio ti mancano ancora cinque o sei anni. Adesso sei solo un marmocchio.”
“Penso…” mi mordo il labbro per non piangere (lo zio detesta i frignoni.) “Papà è pazzo?” gli chiedo con un filo di voce e un nodo in gola.
“Tuo padre è un brav’uomo, ci dà da campare. Pazzo è questo qui” risponde mia madre, che è comparsa all’improvviso alle mie spalle, indicando lo zio.
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What if you’d like to read this one, but didn’t get around to buying Libri 1, 2 and 3??
Those aren’t discounted like this week’s new one, but here are the links, for those who’d prefer to tackle the series in order:
Colpa della terra, Libro 1, Colpa della terra | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
Colpa della terra, Libro 2, La traversata | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
Colpa della terra, Libro 3, Senza dire niente | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
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A mercoledì!
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P.S.
Did you listen to Saturday’s bulletin of ‘easy’ Italian news?
No, neither did I… But I plan to, later today, when/if things are quiet, because there’ll be another FREE bulletin tomorrow (Tuesday), and I don’t like to fall behind.
I’m a subscriber (it’s free), so get each new one in my email inbox, just as soon as it’s published, each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
(That’s the easy part…)
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