I want to improve my Spanish, particularly my vocabulary. What spanish language books should I read? Quixote is the only one talked about on here.
>>8195903
cause the rest are shit
who is this author ? did anybody read anything from him?
>>8195903
¿Qué nivel de español tenés?
El Eternauta si recién estás empezando.
Algo de Cortazar, Borges, Ernesto Sábato.
Si decís qué género preferís te puedo orientar.
>>8197422
>Borges
didn't he say he preferred English translations of his work to the original?
>>8197450
Uhm.. no?
>>8195903
lazarillo de tormes.
>>8195903
Honestly you don't want to be able to read Spanish. I'm a fluent Spanish-speaker and I vastly prefer reading in English to Spanish - I only used my basis in Spanish to learn French then read books in that language.
>>8197479
But if he want to, why not?
>>8197479
Not OP, but I recently moved to a mostly spanish speaking area and need to be able to communicate with my neighbors. I have a basic understanding of grammar, and reading books is a lot more interesting than memorizing vocab lists.
>>8197479
>using anecdotal evidence as proof
wew lad
That's only because you are not used to read in Spanish, and instead are very comfortable reading in English. Not a bad thing in itself at all, but it doesn't prove anything other than what your comfort zone is.
>>8195903
Augusto Monterroso's texts are short, well-written and full of imagination. They are also very straightforward.
For vocabulary, read some of Octavio Paz's essays. Perhaps El laberinto de la soledad would be a good point to start.
>>8195912
t. American
Quixote is too hard. Try Cien Anos. Have a spanish dictionary on deck. Great read and you get to appreciate the writing in its original language.
Also,
>Borges
>>8195903
Nicolas Gomez Davila - Escolios a un texto implicito.
>>8197450
That was marquez
>>8195903
If you want to learn modern vocabulary try with other authors besides of Cervates.
Yes, he is great, however, must of the spanish versions of 'Don Quixote' are written in its original spanish, which is +400 years old.
Try some of these:
Spain:
-Federico García Lorca
-'Romancero Gitano' (Poetry)
-'Bodas de sangre' (Theater)
-Luis Cernuda (Poetry)
-'Los placeres prohibidos'
-'Elegía'
-Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez
'Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste' (Novel Series)
'El pintor de Batallas' (Novel)
Mexico:
-Juan García Ponce (Erotic literature)
'Inmaculada o los placeres de la inocencia' (A must!)
'El gato' (short tale)
-Guillermo Fadanelli (Has some similarities with Charles Bukowski)
'Lodo' (A novel kinda lolita)
'Malacara'(A novel)
Chile:
-'Los detectives salvajes' (Novel)
-'Putas asesinas' (short tales)
>>8198644
>modern
half your list is old af
Cien Años de Soledad
La Fiesta del Chivo
La Casa de los Espiritus
