num_pages: 294
description: From The New Yorker:"In this comic first novel, two estranged sisters living in England discover that their addled elderly father, a Ukrainian war refugee and expert on tractors, is planning to marry a young, enormous-breasted woman who sees his modest pension as her ticket to capitalist comfort. The sisters put aside their differences, and embark on a spirited campaign to save him from boil-in-the-bag dinners, slovenly housekeeping, and such extravagant purchases as a broken-down Rolls-Royce. In the midst of these machinations—which include long-winded letters to solicitors, venomous gossip, and all-out spying—Lewycka stealthily reveals how the depredations of the past century dictate what a family can bear."Copyright © 2005 The New Yorker
language: English
title: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
titlecomplete: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
characters: Vera, Valentina, Nadezhda, Mike, Nikolai Mayevskyj
genres: Comedy, British Literature, Humor, Novels, Family, Ukraine, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction, Book Club
ratings_count: 33134
places: Ukraine
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
category: Comic Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Saga Award
publisher: Penguin (Non Classics)