A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Authors
Lewycka, Marina
Publisher
Penguin (Non Classics)
Tags
romance , contemporary , general , humour , psychological , historical , fiction
ISBN
9780143036746
Date
2005-03-31T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.26 MB
Lang
en
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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."

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