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.
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。
“我母亲去世两年后,我父亲与一位离过婚的妖艳迷人的乌克兰金发女郎坠入爱河。他时年八十四岁,而她三十六岁。”《乌克兰拖拉机简史》在一派热腾腾、闹烘烘的喜剧氛围中开场。随着老夫少妻的奇异跨国婚恋而来的是一种颇似闹剧的现实书写:两个失和多年的女儿薇拉与娜杰日达,...
评分玛琳娜•柳薇卡(Marina Lewycka)4岁时写下了人生的第一首诗,是关于小兔子的;二十多年之后,她的诗第一次登上一本杂志,那时她28岁。又过了三十年,她终于有作品再次发表,这时她58岁。 这次是一部小说,名叫——有评论说作者为这本书起了一个最勇敢的名字——《乌克兰拖...
评分有这样一个国家,被外来的极左独裁者压榨得奄奄一息,几近一无所有。接着传说中的春天来了,外来的右翼自由主义又跑来攫取了她仅剩的财富和人才,这样之后真心是一无所有了。在这样一个废墟上,仅剩的普通人们在争吵中重建,左倾被骂为斯大林,右倾被骂为豺狼,然后渐渐学着和...
评分马不停蹄地读着这本《A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian》。课间读,上课前的半个小时也在读,有一次还差点迟到。作者简直有种写侦探小说的节奏感,一点一点地挖着来自过去的线索,终于在第三十章里真相大白。其实从第十三章的结尾处开始,父母隐瞒着Nadia的过去就...
评分这本书的评,思郁兄《幽默的苦难》一文,最为精彩,很有感触。我只选了一个小角度——父亲前后的两个女人,从小说人物的层面,做了微小解读,算是剧透,供方家一笑。 这本小说里有两个关键人物:死了两年的母亲和性感的乌克兰女郎,她们都是父亲的女人,代表了乌克兰的前世和...
记忆会帮人保护自己,记住相对的幸福,改造和柔和那些残酷的事实。在老师推荐下读的这本书。一个家庭内部的支撑力凝聚力,经历过变故才被塑造的世界观,个人的坚持和执拗,都在这本书里。把现实和记忆融合的超好,写作的方式又生动有趣,好看极了
评分看了前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。
评分第一本看完的原版fiction值得纪念(?)
评分在今时今日难民问题再次尖锐的时候,看看这本含有早期乌克兰难民题材有关的书,能增加一点看问题的角度。
评分家属想翻译这个……非一般力气活啊……英式幽默加上乌克兰英语……
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