Learn Spanish with stories (B2) : Un café en Buenos Aires - Spanish upper intermediate/advanced (Spanish edition): Una aventura con sabor a tango

by Estefanía Quevedo Lusby, María Emilia Muñoz (Photographer)

Esteban Faraday lives a quiet life in a suburb of London. One day he receives a certified letter announcing a mysterious inheritance in Buenos Aires. In this totally unexpected trip he will meet Zoé, an attractive tango dancer. He will run some adventures that he may not get out of alive and he will discover a secret about himself that will change his life forever. Esteban Faraday lleva una vida tranquila en un suburbio de Londres. Un día recibe una carta certificada que le anuncia una misteriosa herencia en Buenos Aires. En este viaje totalmente inesperado conocerá a Zoé, una atractiva bailarina de tango, correrá algunas aventuras de las que puede no salir vivo y descubrirá un secreto acerca de sí mismo que cambiará su vida para siempre. An amazing story carefully designed to help you practice your Spanish B2 level reading skills while having a great time and learning more about the Argentine culture. This book includes A brief foreword with an easy explanation of the "Rio de la Plata" Spanish. How is it different? What are the main characteristics? and useful hints to master it. Full color illustrations made by a professional artist. These illustrations were carefully designed to help you better understand the situations that you are reading about. They can also be printed in black and white with no significant changes. A glossary with vocabulary and full grammar explanations of some difficult structures Fun facts and details about the city of Buenos Aires and its culture. A questionnaire to discuss, debate and work on your reading comprehension. A Spotify playlist with this story's bands and songs that you can use to train your listening skills and further your knowledge Don't you ever wish you could get immersed in the Spanish variety spoken by your favorite futbol players and artists? Now you can do it easily with the guide of this story! ;)

Genres: Spanish Literature

133 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 30, 2018

Reviews

[Sam Kennedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a cute way to learn about Buenos Aires! It was a fun fictional story in Spanish that incorporated real-life stuff to do, places to go, culture, common phrases, food, drinks, etc. I actually learned a lot and am even more excited to go now :)

[Luciana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very good book if you are studying Spanish! The story is catchy, there are words and expressions in bold, so you can learn them in the glossary of the book, and you can also learn things about Buenos Aires! Highly recommended!

[Teacher Lau · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the story in one sitting. Very entertaining.

Spanish learners will love the story, and it has aids at the end to be able to understand it better, in case you don't understand through content as the author suggests in the introduction.

The glossary at the end is very clear and helpful and I love that you can also learn things about Buenos Aires.

Can't wait for the next one!

[Lingfei Teng · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to read more books from this author

I enjoy reading her books. I have read her other book "La Chica del Bar". Her writing is smooth. The story is engaging. I hope she continue to publish more books. Thank you.

[Anna Melnychuk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid book to learn spanish. Not too riveting but probably riveting enough for my level lol. Short and sweet which I also enjoy. + about Buenos Aires how fitting

[Lesley Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very difficult Spanish - not a B2 level I think.
Good story, some Argentinian Spanish and you learn some swear words!

[Sean Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this short story. It was not only a fun read but the level was pitched perfectly for those who have an intermediate level of Spanish. I'll be looking out for more from this author.

[Michael Francis · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book

Great book with a surprising twist. I will be reading more books from this author. This is a great way to learn about another form of Spanish. 👍

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I enjoyed it this is written at the B2 level (advanced intermediate) and in Argentenian Spanish, so bit challenging for my B1 Spanish. I was ab;e to follow it but I think there were some key points that I didn't grasp.
Format: Short chapters followed byte very brief summaries written first in simpler Spanish and a second in English.

There are also audio links that I haven't listened to yet.

Leaving this one in my to read section for a revisit.

[Dr. Lehman L Ellis · Rating 3 out of 5]

secret consequences

An interesting little story with idioms sprinkled throughout. I read this to practice my Spanish. There were some sections I struggled with but I always got the gist of the content without a dictionary. I did use a dictionary to fill in the details.

[Roua Affes · Rating 3 out of 5]

la historia no esta intersante pero el vocabulario es muy rico

[Richard Simmons · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me gusta este libro

I am an adult learner of Spanish from English. I read Un café en Buenos Aires the first time in 2018 and I read again in December 2020. Happyly my comprehension is better now, I have read other books in between! I find It a gripping story that has really helped my language development and a lot of new vocab.