6/1/2023 0 Comments A short history of tractorsJames Naughtie presents and a group of readers - including some from the Ukrainian community in London - join in the discussion.įebruary's Bookclub choice : When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr. Their campaign to oust Valentina unearths family secrets going back fifty years into some of Europe's darkest history, and the two sisters must put aside a lifetime of feuding to save their father. Nadezhda and her sister Vera are dismayed when their eighty-four year old father falls in love with a thirty-six year old Ukrainian divorcee. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Kindle Edition by Marina Lewycka (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 2,506 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 8.00 17 Used from 4.00 5 New from 34.86 4 Collectible from 24.95 Paperback 14.95 6 Used from 4.99 14 New from 14. Her first novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, has sold more than a million copies in the UK alone and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, longlisted for the Man Booker and won the Bollinger Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction 2005. Marina was born in Kiel, Germany, after the war, and moved to England with her family when she was about a year old. Book of the week: A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian by Marina Lewycka This comic tale of family and changing cultural identities manages to be both funny and touching. James Naughtie's first guest on Bookclub for 2015 is Marina Lewycka.
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