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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (Paperback, 2006)
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainianis bestselling author Marina Lewycka's hilarious and award winning debut novel. 'Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcee. He was eighty-four and she was thirty-six. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water, bringing to the surface a sludge of sloughed-off memories, giving the family ghosts a kick up the backside.' Sisters Vera and Nadezhda must aside a lifetime of feuding to save their emigre engineer father from voluptuous gold-digger Valentina. With her proclivity for green satin underwear and boil-in-the-bag cuisine, she will stop at nothing in her pursuit of Western wealth. But the sisters' campaign to oust Valentina unearths family secrets, uncovers fifty years of Europe's darkest history and sends them back to roots they'd much rather forget . . . 'It's rare to find a first novel that gets so much right . . . Lewycka is a seriously talented comic writer' Time Out 'Hugely enjoyable...yields a golden harvest of family truths' Daily Telegraph 'Delightful, funny, touching' Spectator Bestselling author Marina Lewkyca has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her hilarious first novelA Short History of Tractors in Ukrainianin 2005, which was the winner of the Bollinger Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction 2005, winner of the Saga Award for Wit 2005, shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2005 and longlisted for the Booker prize 2005. Her other humorous novels Two Caravans(published asStrawberry Fieldsin the USA and Canada),We Are All Made of Glueand Various Pets Alive and Deadare also available from Penguin.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141020525
eBay Product ID (ePID)92084514
Product Key Features
Book TitleA Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
AuthorMarina Lewycka
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2006
GenreHumor
Number of Pages336 Pages
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Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Item Weight229g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMarina Lewycka
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 11 Jun, 2020
tractors dont play much of a part
I wasn't that impressed by the look of book,so that is were the saying 'Don't judge a book by its cover.' comes from. The reading of it is compelling. I didn't want to put it downVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Nov, 2022
A funny book
Gives a very interesting background to Ukraine, especially because of the war there. A musing and warmVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Aug, 2023
A very amusing read, guaranteed to cheer you up.
This is an entertaining read, very funny but also quite touching in parts. I found it a breath of fresh air and could not put it down. Don't be put off or misled by the title: this book has been around for quite a number of years, well before the Russia-Ukraine war, so do not expect it to reflect the current conflict in any way. I sent a copy to a friend who was recovering after several weeks in hospital, and it cheered her up no end!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 17 Mar, 2021
Excellent book.
A very amusing story. A good read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Feb, 2023
A view of old age and it’s foibles
I am elderly myself so did not find the main character’s senility hilarious although I bought this book for a book club meeting for “barrel of laughs “. It was the interesting, however, because of the resonances of the war in Ukraine.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 27 Mar, 2022
Great
This book was recommended to me and it’s great.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Jul, 2023
Funny view of human nature.
Heart warming, funny and full of observations of life. A great read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 08 Jun, 2022
Interesting.
Interesting, with a title you might pass by.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Feb, 2023
Thoroughly good yarn. Excellent.
Thoroughly good yarn.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Apr, 2022
Short history of tractors in Ukrainian. Good
GodVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
