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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

by Marina Lewycka (Viking, 2005)

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Lewycka’s semi-autobiographical debut, though not uproarious, is instantly engaging and does contain some delightful absurdism. The narrator reconciles with her sister through helping their elderly father deal with the escalating fallout of having married a Ukrainian immigrant half a century his junior.