Speak Italian : The Fine Art of the Gesture

Ciao! My husband loved it!

It’s compact but still very cool.

It's very little, but I wanted exactly this.

Seller was great at following up, just to make sure I received & was happy with my item. My item arrived perfect as described by seller.

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.

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!

Amazing. Product came just as described. Even though it was used, the condition is still perfect and this is gonna make a great gift for my friend back home, thank you

If you're telling this is a great book especially for the older folk brings back a lot of memories and a lot of the hand motions are still used in our family today our family is from Calabria Italy

This is a fun little divertissement documenting a fraction of the rich non-verbal part of the Italian language.Gestures in Italian can convey a very precise message in a vivid and spontaneous way.Non Italian speakers are often surprised by how precise and well-codified the meaning of a gesture can be, and how subtly this meaning can change or dissolve if the gesture is only slightly modified.This book selects very few of this vast vocabulary showing them in effective photos with brief description of the meaning and correct execution.Some of them are a bit outdated (the gesture for "phone call" still refers to the old rotary telephone dial!) but most of them are still in use.Do not expect this to be a guide or a complete reference for this complex language (you can only learn it by direct exposure) but it is a well crafted fun selection from which you can spawn discussion or just plain laughter =)

Bruno Munari is a genius, and even if this book was written years ago, some gestures are still relevant and some are something romantically from the past (old people still use some of them, so sweet!)A nice gift to any amateur and anybody approaching the language, as it is both in Italian and English.

Although this is a great book, it's clearly a book that has little purpose for actually learning Italian, as a lot of the gestures are archaic, from the 1800s or further ago. But it is fun to see all the different signs Italians have used to communicate and continue to do so in the 21st century.

An essential addition to any Italian dictionary.

Little more than a magazine article, bought as a gift but on seeing it felt had to buy more for the recipient. Disappointing.