ROAD HOME.
Publisher: CHATTO & WINDUS
Published: 2007
Place of publication: LONDON
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 365
Description: "Like so many others, Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain, seeking work. He is a tiny part of a vast diaspora that is changing British society at this very moment. But Lev is also a singular man with a vivid outsider's vision of the place we call home. In his innocence, his courage, and his ingenuity, he is perhaps Rose Tremaine's contemporary version of Candide." "Lev begins with no job, little money and few words of English. He has only his memories, his hopes and a certain alarming skill with the preparation of food. Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife, his beloved daughter and his outrageous friend Rudi who - dreaming of the wealthy West - lives largely for his battered Chevrolet." "Now, in front of Lev, lies the deep strangeness of the British: their hostile streets, their clannish pubs, their obsession with celebrity, their lonely flats. London holds out the alluring possibilities of friendship, sex, money, and a new career; but, more than this, of human understanding, a sense of belonging."--Jacket.