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Loading... A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainianby Marina Lewycka
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Charming! (  ) SandraGulland | Oct 12, 2009 |  Opens with a fluffy pink grenade and closes with a sun salutation, this book is fun, funny, full of crazy characters, whose interactions are equally funny. Fast moving, covers, history, tractors, desperation, and family relations, enough hooks for large numbers of readers especially anyone who has ever been part of an immigrant family anywhere. (  ) grheault | Sep 21, 2009 | It was only on the third try that I go into this book. After a slow start you slowly become entwined with the lives of some very sympathetic and interesting characters. I found the plot cliched. (  ) nyamanda | Aug 29, 2009 | Very lighthearted and entertaining! its about familial obligations, gold-diggers- an absolute delight to read. ( ) rmeyers | Aug 17, 2009 | Very enjoyable book. Funny and well written description of a widower Ukrainian immigrant and his two daughters living in England. He moved there after WW2 with his wife and one daughter at the time. The book is narrated by his younger daughter who was born in England. A couple of years after his wife dies, he decides to marry a much younger Ukrainian woman in need of a husband to allow her to stay in England. He is 84 and she is 36, and obviously just using him, although he professes to be in love. Needless to say, his daughters are outraged and try to protect him, despite his wishes. ( ) BillPilgrim | Aug 11, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0141020520, Paperback)“An amusing, astonishing debut . . . about how a family learns to let go of the past and live and love in the present.” —The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionWith this wise, tender, and deeply funny novel, Marina Lewycka takes her place alongside Zadie Smith and Monica Ali as a writer who can capture the unchanging verities of family. When an elderly and newly widowed Ukrainian immigrant announces his intention to remarry, his daughters must set aside their longtime feud to thwart him. For their father’s intended is a voluptuous old-country gold digger with a proclivity for green satin underwear and an appetite for the good life of the West. As the hostilities mount and family secrets spill out, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian combines sex, bitchiness, wit, and genuine warmth in its celebration of the pleasure of growing old disgracefully. “A charming comedy of eros... A ride that, despite the bumps and curves in the road, never feels anything less than jaunty.” —Los Angeles Times “Lewycka is a writer with a fundamentally optimistic vision of the future and a healthy curiosity about the past.” —Chicago Tribune “Charming, poignantly funny.” —The Washington Post Book World (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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