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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 Lewycka
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2006
- Vazba
- (měkká)
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- Titul
- A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Marina Lewycka
- Vydavatel
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Rok vydání
- 2006
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 294
- ISBN10
- 0143036742
- ISBN13
- 9780143036746
- Série
- Kategorie
- Štítky
- Historické téma, Humor, Rodina, Ženy, Současná literatura, USA, Vztahy, Velká Británie, Rusko, Komedie, Ruská literatura, 21. století, Sestry, Alternativní historie, Ukrajina, Otcové a dcery, Bookerova cena, Vdovci, Ukrajinci
- Anotace
- 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