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  • da leggere perchè:

  • perchè è delicato, poetico, ed è scritto in un inglese semplice - utilissimo, quindi, anche per chi ha voglia di "improve the language"

    

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• ― marcovalentiscrive (marcovalentiscr) said on Aug 28, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Questo libro, della serie Precious Ramotswe, non è stato pubblicato in Italia.
    Si tratta del numero 1, antecedente alle Lacrime della giraffa.
    È il romanzo degli antefatti, della vita della nostra investigatrice prima ancora di nascere, della sua crescita, del 1° matrimonio ... Continue

    Questo libro, della serie Precious Ramotswe, non è stato pubblicato in Italia.
    Si tratta del numero 1, antecedente alle Lacrime della giraffa.
    È il romanzo degli antefatti, della vita della nostra investigatrice prima ancora di nascere, della sua crescita, del 1° matrimonio e della scelta di diventare detective.

    Non può mancare nella libreria di chi ce li ha tutti.
    È scritto in un inglese facilmente leggibile. Esiste anche in versione audio-book.
    Per gli appassionati: è uscito anche il dvd del film prodotto dalla BBC.

    

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• ― Bejiolina said on Jul 10, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • I had never heard about Alexander McCall Smith until an Australian bookcrosser and his wife visited Rome some years ago. We met for a dinner on a very rainy night, and Newk - that's his bookcrossing screen name - had brought with him what I called the bag of wonders. Basically, inside the big plasti ... Continue

    I had never heard about Alexander McCall Smith until an Australian bookcrosser and his wife visited Rome some years ago. We met for a dinner on a very rainy night, and Newk - that's his bookcrossing screen name - had brought with him what I called the bag of wonders. Basically, inside the big plastic bag there were all the books he and his wife had been reading during their journey throughout England, France and Italy, in addition to a platypus-shaped soft toy which I still keep on my shelf...
    Most importantly, inside the bag there were 2 books of the A. McCall Smith's "N.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series. I started to read the novels immediately, and it was love at first line.
    Now I own an autographed copy of this first book I purchased for only 3 euros in Amsterdam, thing that made my love for this man and his books grew stronger.
    I realize I haven't said anything about the book, shame on me. So I'll say it now: these novels are lovely, and delicate, humorous and melancholic at the same time. And if you read these books, and you don't fall in love with Mma Ramotswe, her chickens, her secretary, here to-be fiancee... well, you'd rather go to a doctor because there's something wrong with your heart...

    

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• ― Miss Piggott said on Aug 4, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  • Very fun. Make me be curious to visit Botswana. It looks like a very nice place.

    

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• ― Frida said on Oct 16, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  • Very easy to read, sweet book. More like a set of short stories rather than one whole one. Light read rather than some thing to get stuck into.

    

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• ― Littlegem6 said on Sep 30, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • bellissimo...
    un romanzo dolce, allegro, rilassante, delicato e pieno di colori...
    leggendolo si respira l'aria di un'Africa quasi ferma nel tempo... un'Africa vera...

    la scorrevolezza dell'inglese molto semplice in cui è scritto aiuta moltissimo la lettura e lo consiglio vivamente ... Continue

    bellissimo...
    un romanzo dolce, allegro, rilassante, delicato e pieno di colori...
    leggendolo si respira l'aria di un'Africa quasi ferma nel tempo... un'Africa vera...

    la scorrevolezza dell'inglese molto semplice in cui è scritto aiuta moltissimo la lettura e lo consiglio vivamente a chi volesse cimentarsi per la prima volta con la lettura in lingua inglese...

    prima o poi lo tradurranno anche in italiano... è l'unico della serie ad essere rimasto chiuso nel cassetto senza essere tradotto...

    

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• ― Marco (mbj) said on Apr 27, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.

The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency received two Booker Judges’ Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.

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