Dov'è Yukio?: Lektüre mit Audio-CD

by Alessandro De Giuli

500 Wörter (30 Unterrichtsstunden)Wo ist Yukio? Und wo sind die 3 japanischen Studenten einer Sprachschule? Drei Freunde versuchen an einem heißen Sommertag in Rom dieses Rätsel zu lösen.

Genres: Italian Literature, Fiction, Italy, Mystery

Paperback

First published November 9, 1996

Reviews

[Gregory Earls · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Dov'è Yukio?" is an easy reader, level 1, for intermediate Italian students. The writer was very successful in limiting the vocabulary to a scant 500 words, so that I didn't have to read with one hand, and have a dictionary in the other.

It's a fairly interesting story revolving around an international clique of students attending the Ciao Italia language school in Rome. The three primary protagonists are André (from France), Carmen (Spain) and Betty (USA). The entire city of Rome, including the students, goes on high alert when three Japanese students attending the Vox language school suddenly disappear. The story hits close to home when one of Ciao Italia's Japanese students, Yukio, also goes missing. The Ciao Italia trio goes on a search for Yukio, which predictably takes the reader through the streets and monuments of Rome.

The story takes a strange, dark turn when it's implied that the Japanese students' blood is being collected for clandestine reasons, in a dark office near the Pantheon. The story leaves a big hole unexplained, regarding a mysterious old woman with white hair predicting the fate of Yukio. Her existence, and her knowledge of what happened to Yukio, needed to be explained.

Of course, you're not reading this book expecting Dashiell Hammett. It's a quick fun little story that helps you learn Italian while forgetting that you're learning Italian. Glad I picked it up.

[Aina · Rating 3 out of 5]

ridiculísimo pero vivo por estos libritos

[Aurora · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story isn't the best or the most elaborate but with the word limitation that was a little predictable and it does accomplish its goal of being a good book for starter readers

[Laura]

Yes, I’m putting this on goodreads 🤡

An English book this size would take me maybe 15 minutes to finish. This took me at least an hour 💀

[Nel · Rating 1 out of 5]

this aint my first rodeo so im used to the simple fact that most graded readers esp A1/A2 are kinda crap. but this one is on another level. and not bcs of the story per se, which is a whatever burger, but the audio is pure circus. this takes place at a language school so most characters are intl students from diff countries. and ALL of them, except for the spanish girl, speak with heavy accents bordering on caricature (the french guy's accent was sending me in particular). also, for some reason, the american girl is portrayed as a dumb bimbo who had to ask the meaning of every word including assassino...



anyway, this was my first italian reader...great start.

[Naser Dawahry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book during my Italian course. Easy to understand.

[⭑˚⭒⁎ ⋆natt⋆ ⭒⁎˚⭑ · Rating 3 out of 5]

vaya paranoia

[Mimi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy reader for A1 level Italian learners. My book was not edited properly and the narrative pages and exercises were all mixed up and hard to follow.

[Tangerine Dreams · Rating 1 out of 5]

This "book" takes expression whatever burger to whole another level.

[Kaaren Nafar · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you care about plot, you shouldn't buy this book. There are better titles out there to help you learn Italian.

If the audio companion is important to you, then I strongly advise you against making this purchase. The audio is ridiculous. Most of the main characters aren't Italian. They speak with perfect grammar but also with their native accents. Imagine listening to someone speak Italian with a French accent throughout the story. No, the audio WILL NOT help you with your listening.

If you want a simple, almost entertaining, text to aid you at learning more vocabulary and structures, then this is the book for you. I read the book a few times to learn the structures and the vocabulary, and I have no complaints about that quality of the book.