Breve storia dei trattori in Ucraina
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Tradotto da: Luigi Maria Sponzilli
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Nikolaj è un ingegnere ucraino appassionato di meccanica. Nel 1943 è rocambolescamente riuscito a fuggire dagli orrori della Seconda guerra mondiale assieme alla famiglia e si è ricostruito una vita in Inghilterra. Ormai ottantaquattrenne, vedovo da due anni, sposa Valentina, un’affascinante ragazza bionda con meno della metà dei suoi anni e senza passaporto inglese. La reazione delle figlie, Vera e Nadia, informate a cose fatte, è prevedibile: temendo che il padre sia stato plagiato, smuovono mari e monti per far rimpatriare la… matrigna. In parallelo, la mai sopita nostalgia per la patria e la passione per i trattori spingono Nikolaj a scrivere una storia dei mezzi agricoli e del loro utilizzo in Ucraina. Un romanzo tanto inclassificabile quanto irresistibile, al contempo una spassosa commedia, una saga familiare e una sintesi di storia dell’Ucraina, dai contrasti fra il nazionalismo locale e quello russo alla presa del potere dei bolscevichi, dalla Seconda guerra mondiale all’ascesa e caduta dell’URSS.
- ISBN: 8833211428
- Casa Editrice: astoria
- Pagine: 320
- Data di uscita: 02-09-2022
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This reads like the author has earnestly followed some kind of How To Write a Comic Novel course. 1 - write about what you know. Check! She's British Ukrainian and this is all about British Ukrainian stuff. 2 - Decide on a strong central narrator and give them a winning personality. Check! Boy oh boy Leggi tutto
I hated this book. It took me so long to read it. I was recommended this book by my friend in work who is also a big reader. We had been discussing "the 100 year old man that stepped out the window and ran away" as we had both read it and loved it. I explained how I had a soft spot for books about o Leggi tutto
My literary tastes revolve around two extremes - the high brow stuff and utter trash usually called something like "To Marry a Duke" and I don't find much enjoyment in the safe, middle of the road, commercial fiction. Either challenge me properly or provide with the cheapest kind of thrills. Knowing Leggi tutto
I recently picked this book up used at my local library for $1. The cover burst advertised that it was nominated for a Man Booker Prize, and the back cover copy boasted that it was an international bestseller that was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. My thoughts on that after reading the book: What Leggi tutto
An eighty-four-year-old widower and Ukrainian expat (Papa) living in the UK, falls hopelessly in love with Valentina, a thirty-six-year-old , heavily made up, elaborately coiffured, mega high heeled, skimpily dressed and let’s not deny it – massively breasted, tornado of a woman. Papa has two middle Leggi tutto
There is an episode in the comedy sitcom Mind Your Language , where Jeremy Brown's motley crew of students drawn from all over the world to learn English tell jokes to pass the time. Juan Cervantes, the Spanish bartender, tells a hilarious joke: at the end, he is in stitches, unable to stifle laughte Leggi tutto
This book had so much going for it. First: a quirky title. Second: crazy Ukrainian immigrants. Third: a love story involving horny old people. And it managed to fail miserably on all three counts. Quick summary: Two sisters are estranged because of a mysterious event that happened 40 years ago in the Leggi tutto
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