瑪琳娜•柳薇卡(Marina Lewycka) 二戰結束時齣生於德國基爾(Kiel)的難民營,父母均為烏剋蘭人。她在英國長大成人。在謝菲爾德哈勒姆大學任教。已婚,女兒已長大成人,居住在謝菲爾德。
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.
發表於2024-06-07
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
文/陳嫣婧 刊於《南方都市報》2012-02-26 我是真心喜歡柳薇卡的《烏剋蘭拖拉機簡史》。現總結齣喜歡它的理由如下: 一、它不屬於類型小說,你很難評判它通俗還是高雅,要說純文學,它還不夠陽春白雪,要說通俗小說,它又不乏那麼點高傲的心氣,如果你要把她放在書架上歸類...
評分讀捷剋作傢伊凡•剋裏瑪早年在集中營的迴憶錄,印象最深的不是殺戮和恐懼,而是一個孩子頗為“幸福”的生活。這裏的幸福當然是相對而言,但是不得不承認,孩子眼中的世界與成人世界存有巨大差距。整個世界的苦難瞬間坍塌的時候,孩子的目光也會聚焦於苦難之外的事物。對他們...
評分你還記得上次你讀一本第一人稱主角是50多歲大媽,又通篇沒有錶露過“我已經老大不小啦”的小說是什麼嗎?至少在這本書裏,在那個單純到傢的的光頭酒保把主角稱作“老妖精”之前,我已經好久沒意識到這一點瞭。話說迴來,人隻有到瞭50多歲的知天命之年,纔能對人生的一切安之若...
評分瑪琳娜•柳薇卡(Marina Lewycka)4歲時寫下瞭人生的第一首詩,是關於小兔子的;二十多年之後,她的詩第一次登上一本雜誌,那時她28歲。又過瞭三十年,她終於有作品再次發錶,這時她58歲。 這次是一部小說,名叫——有評論說作者為這本書起瞭一個最勇敢的名字——《烏剋蘭拖...
評分有這樣一個國傢,被外來的極左獨裁者壓榨得奄奄一息,幾近一無所有。接著傳說中的春天來瞭,外來的右翼自由主義又跑來攫取瞭她僅剩的財富和人纔,這樣之後真心是一無所有瞭。在這樣一個廢墟上,僅剩的普通人們在爭吵中重建,左傾被罵為斯大林,右傾被罵為豺狼,然後漸漸學著和...
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記憶會幫人保護自己,記住相對的幸福,改造和柔和那些殘酷的事實。在老師推薦下讀的這本書。一個傢庭內部的支撐力凝聚力,經曆過變故纔被塑造的世界觀,個人的堅持和執拗,都在這本書裏。把現實和記憶融閤的超好,寫作的方式又生動有趣,好看極瞭
評分戰爭,identity,傢人,老年
評分From Doha to home, it takes me half year to read through it chapter by chapter. A complete release when it comes to the very end.
評分第一本看完的原版fiction值得紀念(?)
評分開頭特彆奇特,後來覺得有點像天涯極品帖,這樣。
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載