Penguin Parallel Text: Short Stories In

Great book, only read the first story so far but very entertaining and great format, with translation on the opposite page.Only thing I would say is the book is not for complete beginners (in my opinion) as the Spanish is not always simple. Would recommend for anyone with at least 3-6 months Spanish completed.Learnt tons of new vocab from this. Def recommend

This helped me in my Spanish learning. It contains quite a few short stories, translated in both English and Spanish. The beauty here is that whilst translating a word makes sense in part, presenting it in the context of a sentance or indeed a paragraph makes my understanding of the Spanish language far better.This is easy to read in both Spanish and in English and is suitable for intermediate students.

Good translations and interesting stories (so far). I'm at B1 level Spanish - and this is definitely a challenge. Probably more suited for B2 and beyond due to the vocabulary and more complex sentence structures, which you would expect of true Spanish literature rather than made-for-language-students. Overall I would recommend.

The stories are of varying lengths and difficulty of language. I found them interesting and easy to read due to the translation being well synchronised on the opposite page. The foot notes were useful in explaining South American culture and idioms - the stories are a mixture of European and American Spanish. There did not seem to be any great difference in vocabulary between the two versions. I would recommend them for someone with more than a basic knowledge of the language.

This is a fantastic book if you are trying to improve your written Spanish or your comprehension of the Spanish language as it has a parallel text in English, so that you can compare words, syntax and sentences. I was really impressed. It has a selection of stories in Spanish, translated into English. Great!!!