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。
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.
《乌克兰拖拉机简史》,看见书名,一定会吓一跳,这是机械史还是小说?没错,这是小说。而且是获得了以为喜剧小说而设的“波灵格大众伍德豪斯奖”(Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize)的作品,同时也入选2005年的布克奖。 故事开始于八十四岁父亲要与三十六岁“波提切利的出...
评分《乌克兰拖拉机简史》以类似黑色幽默的风格,叙述了发生在老夫少妻身上的荒诞故事。作品的最大看点无疑是对苏联、对共产主义的诙谐嘲讽,穿插了拖拉机发展简史、航空事业发展历程,引发了人们对那个时代悲剧的思考,这个写作体例,跟我之前读过的《蚂蚁革命》有异曲同工之妙。...
评分以下来自新浪微博 Bigteeth:能够与《乌克兰拖拉机简史》媲美的小说名是不是只有《钢铁是怎样炼成的》了?当然,如果算上哲学书,《禅与摩托车维修艺术》也有一定竞争力。 TNC-Forever粒:光看名就不想读下去~《乌克兰拖拉机简史》,以为是些学术性的东西,可偏又有个吸引人...
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...
评分一部喜剧,如果仅仅做到了引人发笑,那它一定算不上杰作。假如卓别林只会那些滑稽的招牌动作,他也成不了大师。喜剧并不天然与哀伤绝缘,它只是形式,而形式的下面可以容纳任何内容,包括那些发人深省的。《乌克兰拖拉机简史》再次印证了这一点。 小说走的是见微知著...
昨天我半夜终于看完了这本书。过去的荒谬配上喜剧的外衣让人更加心酸了。“活下去就是胜利”
评分我最喜欢的角色其实是Vera 像valentina这样的人最终的结局应该是很悲惨的 我觉得作者他爸一直都是疯的
评分第一本看完的原版fiction值得纪念(?)
评分第一本看完的原版fiction值得纪念(?)
评分可气可笑,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)
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