by Marina Lewycka · Libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290010921
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«Une brève histoire du tracteur en Ukraine» is Marina Lewycka's humorous novel, published by J'ai lu in paperback (350 pages, in French).
Two Ukrainian sisters living in Britain barely speak to each other, but join forces when their elderly father, recently widowed, announces he wants to marry a young Ukrainian woman much younger than him. As they try to stop the wedding, secrets from the family's past surface and reconcile them with their heritage.
Work published in 2005 in English as «A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian»; longlisted for the Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Orange Prize and winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize.
It is intended for those who enjoy family novels with a comic tone and cultural background, and also for book clubs.
Marina Lewycka was a Ukrainian-British lecturer and novelist. Her 2005 debut comic novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, was translated into over 30 languages.
