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The Bride Price

Buchi Emecheta

22,620 words

父親が死んで、アクンナと弟には、面倒を見てくれる人がいない。だが、アクンナのおじが2人を歓迎する。bride price―将来、アクンナの夫になる人間が彼女と結婚するために支払うお金―があるからだ。慣れない新しい家で、一人の男性が彼女に優しくしてくれ、一人前の女性となるためにいろいろ教えてくれる。二人はまもなく愛し合うようになるが、誰もが、彼は彼女にふさわしい夫ではないと口をそろえた。周囲が引き離そうとすればするほど、2人はさらに強く惹かれ合う。そして、ついにある事が起こる。

When her father dies, Aku-nna and her young brother have no one to look after them. They are welcomed by their uncle because of Aku-nna's 'bride price' - the money that her future husband will pay for her. In her new, strange home one man is kind to her and teaches her to become a woman. Soon they are in love, although everyone says he is not a suitable husband for her. The more the world tries to separate them, the more they are drawn together - until, finally, something has to break. CEFR B2 Word count 22,620

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