Description
Nominated for the Man Booker Prize "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 "Charming, poignantly funny." --The Washington Post Book World
With 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.
Author: Marina Lewycka
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 03/28/2006
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780143036746
ISBN10: 0143036742
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Romance | General
- Fiction | Literary
With 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.
Author: Marina Lewycka
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 03/28/2006
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780143036746
ISBN10: 0143036742
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Romance | General
- Fiction | Literary
About the Author
Marina Lewycka was born of Ukrainian parents in a refugee camp at the end of World War II and grew up in England. In the course of researching her family roots for this novel, she uncovered no fewer than three long-lost relatives.