A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian 烏剋蘭拖拉機簡史 英文原版 [平裝] pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025

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Marina Lewycka（瑪琳娜·柳薇卡） 著

齣版社： Penguin UK

ISBN：9780141025766

商品編碼：19028676

包裝：平裝

齣版時間：2005-05-01

用紙：膠版紙

頁數：336

正文語種：英文

內容簡介

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.

作者簡介

Marina Lewycka was born in Kiel, Germany at the end of the war and grew up in England. She is the author of three bestselling novels: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Two Caravans and We Are All Made of Glue.

精彩書評

More than just a jolly romp with political undertones is the way it captures the peculiar flavour of Eastern European immigrant life . . . a very rich mixture indeed, as well as very enjoyable reading.
--The Times

A delightful first novel . . . an understanding of history, a profundity, and yet a lightness of touch, that are a joy . . . funny, touching and completely convincing.
--The Spectator

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　　書中言辭極其幽默俏皮，時不時給書中人物冠以的“離婚專傢太太”，“戰爭寶寶”等綽號，腹黑地點到父親與瓦倫蒂娜丈夫稱呼彼此教名的《戰爭與和平》式的語言交流，風趣地展現女性各種錶裏不一的言辭，加上從頭至尾夾敘夾議的描述，以及引人入勝的各種“戰鬥”情節，一步步讓讀者親近英籍烏剋蘭移民曾經的過往歲月，最終明白，原來兩姐妹南轅北轍的人生道路源於聖誕節的公車上“那個給媽媽六便士的女人”，從那時候開始，妹妹“變成瞭一個終身的社會主義者”，而姐姐則“變成瞭那個穿皮大衣的女人”。更重要的是發現，原來那從烏剋蘭來的“波提切利的齣水維納斯”瓦倫蒂娜是多麼像我們身邊那些追逐金錢、既狡猾又愚蠢的“外嫁新娘”，而她那個“他可以成為完美的妻子”的前夫又是多麼理想主義的依然東歐化。

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　　或許，對於不知道那些曆史，或者對那些曆史知之甚少的人來說，烏剋蘭的曆史遙遠之極，而對於上瞭年紀的中國人來說，烏剋蘭又代錶什麼？從他1991年蘇聯解體之後它僅次於俄羅斯麼？是烏剋蘭大嬸，彪悍的哥薩剋，還有烏剋蘭的大白豬，更有烏剋蘭大飢荒？對於現在的世界來說，是石油和天然氣。烏剋蘭的作傢呢？頂著名的是果戈理，當然還是著名的奧斯特洛夫斯基。在我們開始冷落前蘇聯和北方那片遼闊土地上的文學之後，幾乎是看不見新的作品。現在可以見到的，也僅僅是已經英籍烏剋蘭裔女作傢瑪琳娜·柳薇卡這本《烏剋蘭拖拉機簡史》。

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　　一句話，這部詞典同時是詞典、語法教程和古代文化知識的小百科全書，它應該成為渴望學習拉丁語的人的必備工具書和身邊的拉丁語老師。

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本來想買中文版的沒有，原版書好貴啊，嗬嗬