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From The New Yorker: "In this comic first novel, two estranged sisters living in England discover that their addled elderly father, a Ukrainian war refugee and expert on tractors, is planning to marry a young, enormous-breasted woman who sees his modest pension as her ticket to capitalist comfort. The sisters put aside their differences, and embark on a spirited campaign to save him from boil-in-the-bag dinners, slovenly housekeeping, and such extravagant purchases as a broken-down Rolls-Royce. In the midst of these machinations—which include long-winded letters to solicitors, venomous gossip, and all-out spying—Lewycka stealthily reveals how the depredations of the past century dictate what a family can bear." Copyright © 2005 The New Yorker
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Marina Lewycká
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2006
- Reliure
- (souple)
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- Titre
- A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Marina Lewycká
- Éditeur
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Publié
- 2006
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 294
- ISBN10
- 0143036742
- ISBN13
- 9780143036746
- Séries
- Catégories
- Mots clés
- Thème historique, Humour, Famille, Femmes, Littérature contemporaine, États-Unis, Relations, Grande-Bretagne, Russie, Comédies, Littérature russe, 21e siècle, Sœurs, Histoire alternative, Ukraine, Pères et filles, Prix Booker, Veufs, Ukrainiens
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- From The New Yorker: "In this comic first novel, two estranged sisters living in England discover that their addled elderly father, a Ukrainian war refugee and expert on tractors, is planning to marry a young, enormous-breasted woman who sees his modest pension as her ticket to capitalist comfort. The sisters put aside their differences, and embark on a spirited campaign to save him from boil-in-the-bag dinners, slovenly housekeeping, and such extravagant purchases as a broken-down Rolls-Royce. In the midst of these machinations—which include long-winded letters to solicitors, venomous gossip, and all-out spying—Lewycka stealthily reveals how the depredations of the past century dictate what a family can bear." Copyright © 2005 The New Yorker