| A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Contributor(s): Lewycka, Marina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143036742 ISBN-13: 9780143036746 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: This wise, tender, deeply funny novel is about an eccentric elderly Ukrainian widower in England and the struggles of his two feuding daughters to thwart the voluptuous young gold-digger from the old country who sweeps him off his feet. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Romance - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.55 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 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. |