by Buchi Emecheta, Varios Autores · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194216456
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«The Bride Price» is the graded reader of the novel by Buchi Emecheta, published by Oxford University Press in paperback (95 pages, in English).
After her father's death, young Nigerian Aku-nna goes to live with her uncle, who takes her in for the money her future husband will pay as a «bride price». There she meets a man who treats her kindly and teaches her to grow up, but her family considers him an unsuitable suitor. Aku-nna will have to face traditions to choose her future.
It corresponds to level 5 of Oxford Bookworms, with an approximate vocabulary of 1800 words and includes exercises and a supporting glossary.
Recommended for English students and for readers aged 16 and over who want to approach African literature in an adapted version.
Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer, whose work includes novels, plays, autobiography, and children's books. She was best known for her 1974 novel, Second Class Citizen. Her other novels include The Bride Price (1976), The Slave Girl (1977), and The Joys of Motherhood (1979). Emecheta has been characterized as "the first successful black woman novelist living in Britain after 1948".
