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

前言/序言

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當情景劇劇本看，當社會學案例看，很多好玩的梗。

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在國內有多少愛好拉丁語的學生和學者殷勤等待著一部比較全麵的拉丁語詞典！他們肯定因這部詞典問世而感到激動，因為這部中型的拉英、英拉詞典實際上是一部小型的古羅馬文化百科全書！

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　　整體小說脈絡清晰，一步步宛如偵探小說一樣的推進傢族史，期間不斷展現的父親著作的《烏剋蘭拖拉機簡史》，一方麵讓讀者明瞭父親理想主義的見地——“拖拉機必須始終被當做大自然的輔助者來使用，而非大自然的駕馭者。”由此引申齣父親的結論——“絕不要讓技術（青按：其實是他前一段所指“意識形態”）成為你的主人，也絕不要利用它去統馭他人” 這是作者對於書中牽涉到的各種意識形態的觀點，也正是這本書想要對言不由衷的理想主義父親的一個“以子之矛攻子之盾”的迴擊。

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本來想買中文版的沒有，原版書好貴啊，嗬嗬

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一小本書，紙有點粗糙，價格有點小貴。品相挺好，沒有破損。

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一直信賴京東，商品又好速度又快

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　　整本書在社會主義和資本主義以及希望的理想主義和現實的金錢主義之間衝突著。不僅僅是社會主義妹妹和資本主義姐姐的衝突，還有理想主義天真父親為代錶的男人們與現實主義“一種廉價的勞動力資源”瓦倫蒂娜為代錶的女人們的衝突，更重要的是捍衛傢庭的兩姐妹與入侵掠奪的瓦倫蒂娜母子之間的衝突。這些衝突之中，突顯瞭世界觀、價值觀、乃至人生觀的衝突，作者精巧地將本質的生理需要和天真的心理需要編織在各種衝突中，近乎完整地展示瞭烏剋蘭人以及東歐斯拉夫人的性格特色。塑造瞭為瞭一己之欲差點一點緻自己嶽母慘遭“肅清”、又因一己之欲幾乎毀掉自己晚年生活的父親，更重要的是因此塑造瞭人生觀價值觀幾乎完全相悖的兩姊妹，從他們的身上讓讀者看見瞭那段不堪迴首的曆史，也由此達成瞭兩姊妹和解後的全新的平和生活。

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　　故事開始於八十四歲父親要與三十六歲“波提切利的齣水維納斯”——烏剋蘭尤物瓦倫蒂娜結婚的電話，這時候，兩個因為母親遺産而已經進入敵對狀態的姐妹，不由自主地開始捍衛父親，其實是捍衛已經過世兩年的母親在傢庭裏還存在的影子力量，姐姐說“我們必須捍衛他，為瞭媽媽的緣故。雖說他毫無用處，可她還是我們傢庭的一份子，我們不能讓他獲勝”，也在就在一步步抵禦外敵入侵的過程，妹妹明白，“大姐頭還和我在一條船上！”，她慢慢瞭解瞭自己的傢族史，逐漸理解瞭愛錢如命的姐姐，理解她何以不追究過往——因為“過去骯髒不堪。就像個下水道。你不該在那裏玩，彆管它，忘掉它”，由此，兩人最終迴歸成為一緻禦敵的好姐妹，分工閤作，終於讓烏剋蘭美女離開瞭自己的傢迴烏剋蘭去瞭。

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這種讀物就是要迅速買下，否則不好找啊