La carriera – dietro le quinte del Palio di Siena (C2)

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An original Italian easy reader by Francesca Colombo

“E mancano solo quattro giorni al Palio, la corsa di cavalli più famosa d’Italia!”

Follow Il Guercio, the diminutive one-eyed Sardinian jockey, as he’s hired to ride one of the year’s best horses, bareback, in Italy’s most famous urban race, the Siena Palio!

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  • 8 chapters to read and listen to
  • Comprehension questions to check your understanding
  • Italian glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level (no English!)
  • Suitable for students at upper-intermediate/advanced levels
  • Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
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An original Italian easy reader by Francesca Colombo

“E mancano solo quattro giorni al Palio, la corsa di cavalli più famosa d’Italia!”
sebbene la radio gracchiasse, si distinguevano piuttosto chiaramente le parole dell’esaltato commentatore: “Siena freme e si dipinge dei colori delle contrade, agghindate per la festa. Come ben sapete, cari ascoltatori, tra le dieci contrade che gareggiano vi sono alleanze e rivalità secolari. Per ogni contrada è stato già estratto a sorte un cavallo. I migliori di quest’anno sono il giovane Trifoglio, che è al suo secondo palio e corre per la contrada dell’Istrice, e la veterana Caruccia che vestirà i colori della Lupa. La Lupa e l’Istrice sono due storiche rivali, che fatalità, signori! Se ne vedranno delle belle!”

Follow Il Guercio, the diminutive one-eyed Sardinian jockey, as he’s hired to ride one of the year’s best horses, bareback, in Italy’s most famous urban race, the Siena Palio!

  • .pdf e-book (+ audio available free online)
  • .mobi (Kindle-compatible) and .epub (other ebook readers) available on request at no extra charge – just add a note to the order form or email us
  • 8 chapters to read and listen to
  • Comprehension questions to check your understanding
  • Italian glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level (no English!)
  • Suitable for students at upper-intermediate/advanced levels
  • Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
How do I access my ebook?

When your order is ‘completed’ (normally immediately after your payment), a download link will be automatically emailed to you. It’s valid for 7 days and 3 download attempts so please save a copy of the .pdf ebook in a safe place. Other versions of the ebook, where available, cannot be downloaded but will be emailed to people who request them. There’s a space to do that on the order form – where it says Additional information, Order notes (optional). If you forget, or if you have problems downloading the .pdf, don’t worry! Email us at the address on the website and we’ll help. Also, why not check out our FAQ?

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7 reviews for La carriera – dietro le quinte del Palio di Siena (C2)

  1. Gail Atkinson-Mair (verified owner)

    Sono d’accordo con gli altri. I glossari (C1-C2) non sono all’altezza. Però le storie sono accattivanti ma troppo corto. Forse qualche suggerimento per libri in italiano originale, tipo ‘book of the month’?

  2. Wendy Hartnell (verified owner)

    I found this quite challenging and had to re-read parts as I couldn’t work out what was going on. But I enjoyed learning about the Palio and the story was surprising. I too found that the glossaries weren’t always that helpful.

  3. Judy Jacques

    I really enjoyed the story and am enjoying continuing to work on the language. But, am I alone in finding the glossary – in this and other e-books – often explains words I can easily work out but excludes some tantalising terms? I do use good online dictionaries but try to avoid over-use.
    I thought the themes and characterisation made it a really meaningful read, slightly above my everyday level but more interesting because of that.
    More at this level, please.

    • easyreadersorg

      Ciao Judy,
      Thanks for leaving a review. And yes, you’re right, the glossaries are rubbish (in my opinion). It seems that it’s much more difficult for the writers, editor etc. to know what you and I may or may not understand than you would expect. We have ebooks written by lots of different writers and none of them seems any good at glossaries. But that’s not really what I pay them for – for me, the important thing is that the story itself is engaging and reasonably original, so I attempt to be tolerant of other aspects that don’t totally satisfy me. One day… maybe when I retire… I’m going to go through the whole collection of ebooks and fix them myself!
      Daniel

  4. Bernadette (verified owner)

    This book exceeded my expectations. It is a cut above other novellas created for “language learners”. Before I bought it I was not entirely confident that it would be at a real C2 level. But it was!
    The little exercises at the end of each chapter provided good reinforcement of vocabulary – and in one chapter, of those pesky prepositions. The exercises are well targeted – they not too long – and they really were useful for me.
    The story is interesting and is written in a very natural style. If not for the cover and the exercises, I would have thought that it was off the shelves of an Italian bookshop.
    I certainly recommend it for C1 or C2 students

  5. Andrea Alber-Commissaris (verified owner)

    This is a very intriguing story, well written and entertaining. It was probably a level beyond where I am at, but I could still follow and enjoy it. I only bothered to look up some of the words that I didn’t know if I felt it was absolutely necessary. The flow of the book was such that it carried me along with it. Well done to the writer and the speaker!

  6. Moira Pool (verified owner)

    Allora, quest’è un libro affascianate da leggere ma anche di imparare del Palio, in particolare quello che succede dietro le quinte. Mi piace molto il personaggio, sardo che curava le pecore ma adesso partecipa nel Palio più famoso in Italia. Malgrado i problemi inaspettati, se la cava bene.
    Il mio vocabolario si e’ stato arrichiato dal mondo dei cavalli da corsa, il Palio e I pagamenti dubbi circondandolo.
    I hope this says it is a good read with a few surprises, well written but with a few linguistic challenges. It has introduced me to new words ,expressions and useful sentence constructions.
    My thanks to the author.

  7. Sean Hogan (verified owner)

    Libro molto ben scritto, e’ molto adatto ai studenti al livello avanzato.E’ molto utile per chi sta studiando per il CILS sia livello C1 o C3.
    There are a lot of new words in the book that are not used often in normal daily speech but the book Is very useful if you are studying for higher level Italian.
    Also the story Is very interesting.

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