| Strawberry Fields Contributor(s): Lewycka, Marina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143113550 ISBN-13: 9780143113553 Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: From the author of the bestseller "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian" comes a tender and hilarious novel about a crew of migrant workers from three continents who are forced to flee their English strawberry field for a journey across England in pursuit of a better future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.47" W x 8.47" (0.65 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The bestselling author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is back with an 'effervescent comedy' (The New Yorker) The follow up to her hugely popular first novel presents a Canterbury Tales-inspired picaresque that is also a biting satire of economic exploitation. When a ragtag international crew of migrant workers is forced to flee the strawberry fields they have been working in, they set off across England looking for employment. Displaying the same sense of compassion, social outrage, and gift for hilarity that she showed in A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Marina Lewycka chronicles their bumpy road trip with a tender affection for her downtrodden characters and their search for a taste of the good life. |