Relatos españoles contemporáneos

Relatos españoles contemporáneos - Contemporary Spanish Stories - Third Edition

Paperback, 128 pages + audio CD (73 mins)

Accent: Castilian (Spain)

Relatos españoles contemporáneos presents four complete stories of the best current Spanish writers. This handy little book is especially designed to help you improve your Spanish and entertain you at the same time.

All the stories have an introduction to the author and a presentation of the plot to better understand its social and historical context.

The audio CD has the readings of the texts by professional actors to give you a fully immersive experience. The stories have glossaries in Spanish, English, French, and German.

You will be able to practice your listening comprehension with exercises, with answers provided at the end of the book.

 The stories in Relatos españoles contemporáneos are:

• La lengua de las mariposas (Manuel Rivas)
• Las visitas (Carlos Castán)
• Una carencia íntima (Juan José Millás)
• La casa feliz (José María Merino)

The Spanish movie La lengua de las mariposas was based on the first story in the book.

Level of Spanish: B2, C1 and C2

Key to the Council of Europe’s Common Reference for Languages:

• A1: Novice
• A2: Intermediate
• B1: Advanced Low
• B2: Advanced Medium
• C1: Advanced High
• C2: Superior

Relatos españoles contemporáneos is part of the Colección Libros Blancos, Los grandes maestros del relato en español.