by Anne Tyler · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194792158
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«The Accidental Tourist» is the graded reader of Anne Tyler's novel in the Oxford Bookworms series, in paperback (112 pages, in English).
In Baltimore, Macon Leary writes travel guides although he hates traveling and takes refuge in routines and quirks. After the death of his son and the departure of his wife, his life becomes increasingly strange and desperate. When his dog Edward starts biting, Macon turns to the dog trainer Muriel, and his daily life gets even more complicated.
Oxford Bookworms Level 5, with a vocabulary of 1,800 words; adaptation by Jennifer Bassett. Includes audio to listen while reading.
Intended for English learners with some fluency who want to expand their vocabulary and practice reading and listening comprehension.
Anne Tyler is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She has published twenty-five novels, including Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982), The Accidental Tourist (1985), and Breathing Lessons (1988). All three were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Breathing Lessons won the prize in 1989. She has also won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, the Ambassador Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2012 she was awarded The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. Tyler's twentieth novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2015, and Redhead By the Side of the Road was longlisted for the same award in 2020.
