A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

玛琳娜•柳薇卡（Marina Lewycka） 二战结束时出生于德国基尔（Kiel）的难民营，父母均为乌克兰人。她在英国长大成人。在谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学任教。已婚，女儿已长大成人，居住在谢菲尔德。

出版者:Penguin

作者:Marina Lewycka

页数:336

出版时间:2006-1

价格:GBP 6.50

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780141025766

图书标签:小说乌克兰MarinaLewycka英国英文小说原版外国文学英文

For years, Nadezhda and Vera, two Ukrainian sisters, raised in England by their refugee parents, have had as little as possible to do with each other - and they have their reasons. But now they find they'd better learn how to get along, because since their mother's death their aging father has been sliding into his second childhood, and an alarming new woman has just entered his life. Valentina, a bosomy young synthetic blonde from the Ukraine, seems to think their father is much richer than he is, and she is keen that he leave this world with as little money to his name as possible.If Nadazhda and Vera don't stop her, no one will. But separating their addled and annoyingly lecherous dad from his new love will prove to be no easy feat - Valentina is a ruthless pro and the two sisters swiftly realize that they are mere amateurs when it comes to ruthlessness. As Hurricane Valentina turns the family house upside down, old secrets come falling out, including the most deeply buried one of them all, from the War, the one that explains much about why Nadazhda and Vera are so different. In the meantime, oblivious to it all, their father carries on with the great work of his dotage, a grand history of the tractor.

读后感

把①“家事（八十岁老父亲突然要娶比女儿还年轻的新妻子，引发家庭内乱）； ②国事（乌克兰近现代史与拖拉机制造业史）； ③天下事（两次世界大战、移民潮与前苏联时代更迭）； 写得趣味盎然又暗含血泪，语言流畅幽默，还是乌克兰美食包装下的中老年妇女婚姻危机小说，女性元...  

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用户评价

开头特别奇特，后来觉得有点像天涯极品帖，这样。

可气可笑，非常感人。文风赞，是我喜欢的小说风格。很多有趣的句子没办法翻译成中文，太可惜，比如Valentina说的话：Shout bad things. Bad language speaking. I say shut up. He no shut up. I throw water. Is only water. Water no hurt（ 一个不会讲英文的人是多么可爱啊，但在中文里就是正常的句子了）

看了前10页，so far so good. 赶我不惑的时候， 也就老父亲的一般等价物写点什么。

各方面来说都很好看的标准范本

开头特别奇特，后来觉得有点像天涯极品帖，这样。