Speak Italian: The Fine Art of the Gesture

I'm an italian teacher and this was just the perfect gift for friends and students! It's basic, easy and enjoyable! Gives a great idea of an important part of the italian language tradition! Plus all of these signs are very easy to remember so that if u've some italian friends u can surprise them with using some of it and believe me if I tell you they will appreciate it! Thumbs up!

Loved it and was the perfect gift

It’s compact but still very cool.

If you are insulted by gestures of others and do not understand the Italian language , this book will help you understand better what they mean and how they are saying it. It is a beautiful language and this book is small enough to fit in the purse or back pocket to carry along. Very helpful.

Some gestures will be familiar, and the rest are fascinating!

Arrived early In perfect condition! Thanks

Ciao! My husband loved it!

To start, the book isn't as long as I thought it would be. The gestures that it covers are mainly obvious ones like how to say stop. In any country if you used the sign for stop someone would understand. I was hoping for more Italian specific gestures and not generic ones that may be used in Italy but are also used all over the world. I do like the fact the book explains everything in Italian as well as in English. Overall I was disappointed in the book. It had a lot more potential.

It arrive much faster than predicted. Very well packed, perfect conditions. About the book, tiny but amazing. A book to pulse the pages for fun, learning how to connect to the Italian poeope.

I'm use to give this short book s a present for non-italian colleagues. a bit old maybe (black and white picture) but still very actual. it's gesture is well described with short sentences.

Wollte mir das Buch in Italien kaufen: das war eine Odyssee, denn der Verlag ist sehr klein und im Buchhandel gäbe es das nur mit lange Vorbestellung. Bei Amazon in zwei Tagen bekommen. Wer weiß, dass Italiener und Italienerinnen selten die Hände in der Tasche haben, weil sie sich so nicht ausdrücken können, bekommt die Belege durch diese Buch. Die zahlreichen Illustrationen erklären nicht nur die gebrächlichsten und deshalb nützlichen Alltagsgesten, sondern klärt auch auf, dass man nicht durch falsche Gesten unverstanden bleibt oder sich wohlmöglich arglos in Gefahr begibt. Es ist ein kleines Heft und könnte für häufige Itslienbesucher umfangreicher sein, aber eben ein Original vom Künstler Bruno Munari. Insgesamt ein hilfreicher Einbick in die sprachlose Kommunikation.

Makes a great gift

It’s good to know what some of the hand gestures mean and I’m Italian! 😊