day 66the book presentation

the book presentation

Mediate a book presentation for readers: what the author said, your evaluation and opinion. Second bite: mediating a lecture in writing.

today’s words

• leer entre líneas · to read between the lines
• la fantasía · fantasy, imagination
• trágico · tragic
• la narrativa · narrative; fiction (as a genre)
• simbólico · symbolic
• poético · poetic
• la pluma · feather; pen; writing style
• la revelación · revelation; discovery (a new talent)
• imaginario · imaginary; (noun) collective imagination
• peculiar · peculiar, unusual
• el manuscrito · manuscript; handwritten
• el/la detective · detective
• la imprenta · printing house; printing press
• ficticio · fictional, fictitious
• simbolizar · to symbolise
• la metáfora · metaphor
• el prólogo · prologue, foreword
• la intriga · suspense; intrigue
• el seudónimo · pseudonym, pen name
• el desenlace · ending, outcome
• verosímil · believable, plausible
• el ateneo · cultural association, athenaeum
• la dedicatoria · dedication (in a book)
• el/la ensayista · essayist
• inacabado · unfinished

sentences

• Martina presenta su libro de fotos en la biblioteca. · Martina is presenting her photo book at the library.
• En el prólogo, una ensayista alude a la memoria del barrio. · In the foreword, an essayist refers to the barrio’s memory.
• Cada foto va con un texto breve, a veces muy poético. · Each photo comes with a short text, sometimes very poetic.
• El libro reúne un centenar de retratos de vecinos. · The book brings together a hundred portraits of neighbours.
• La dedicatoria dice: «Para Elena, decana de la plaza». · The dedication says: “For Elena, the doyenne of the square.”