February 13, 2024

Tricky for learners

This book I think would be very entertaining to people with a strong grasp of Spanish, and importantly, a familiarity with famous Spaniards and also a decent local knowledge of Barcelona. Compared to books I've read at around levels 30-34, this was considerably more work. There were many odd phrases and cultural references that were hard or impossible to understand even with a dictionary on hand. And while I could bumble through the story more-or-less following the happenings, I felt I was missing out on the jokes. I plan to revisit this book once I reach an advanced level, because I am sure that there is a lot of hilarity in there still waiting for me to decipher it.

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