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need an easy Spanish audiobook

Postby Tomás » Mon May 15, 2017 9:46 pm

Please recommend an easy Spanish audiobook (a real book, not a graded reader). I have listened to two Dan Brown novels, and now need another easy audiobook for my car. Something with a lot of action and dialogue would be good, since my listening skills are only intermediate. A good voice actor is also crucial for my level, since speed-readers and mumblers still tend to lose me.
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Re: need an easy Spanish audiobook

Postby klvik » Tue May 16, 2017 3:53 pm

Tomás wrote:Please recommend an easy Spanish audiobook (a real book, not a graded reader). I have listened to two Dan Brown novels, and now need another easy audiobook for my car. Something with a lot of action and dialogue would be good, since my listening skills are only intermediate. A good voice actor is also crucial for my level, since speed-readers and mumblers still tend to lose me.


Have a look (or a listen) to the books narrated by Yamil Cuellar, a Cuban actor currently living in the San Francisco bay area. I had sampled a few of his pieces last weekend and thought they were fantastic. My next audiobook will be one of his.

http://www.yamilcuellar.com/
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Re: need an easy Spanish audiobook

Postby reineke » Tue May 16, 2017 4:20 pm

Cien años de soledad read by Gustavo Bonfigli sounds real clear to my ears. Bonfigli's audiobooks are available on Audible. You can sample audiobooks on Amazon and decide for yourself.
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Re: need an easy Spanish audiobook

Postby MorkTheFiddle » Tue May 16, 2017 6:32 pm

reineke wrote:Cien años de soledad read by Gustavo Bonfigli sounds real clear to my ears. Bonfigli's audiobooks are available on Audible. You can sample audiobooks on Amazon and decide for yourself.

I agree. I've listened to the first CD, and Bonfigli's voice sustained itself throughout. There are 15 CDs in all totaling 17.5 hours.

Several actors read Roberto Bolaño's Los Salvajes Detectives. The audiobook I have goes for 27 hr, 21 min. My copy came from Audioteca, which is mentioned in other threads on this forum. Note especially Iguanamon's post http://forum.language-learners.org/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=5035&p=57184&hilit=audioteka#p57184.

The narrators of those two novels are Hispanic Americans, but a Spanish actress (name forgotten :oops: ) narrates Fortunata y Jacinta by Benito Pérez Galdós. I have listened to some of Part I from Audible, 11 hrs 41 min.
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