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 电子书 下载 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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　　柯林斯拉丁語—英語雙嚮詞典提供瞭很多古代人名（比如Cicero【西塞羅】）、地名（比如Parthenope【那不勒斯】）、民族名（比如Celtae【剋爾特人】）和神話知識（比如Apollo，解釋為 Greek god of music, archery, prophecy, flocks and herds, and often identified with the sun），這樣使讀者初步瞭解古代社會和文化。在書的中間位置（在拉英詞典和英拉詞典中間）還插入許多關於古羅馬曆史文化的錶格，如“羅馬史重大事件錶”（從公元前753年羅馬建城到哥特人公元410年入侵為止）、“羅馬管理製度和官製錶”、“羅馬軍隊組織錶”、“傢譜錶”（包含各種親戚關係的名稱）、“古羅馬重要作者錶”（從Ennius【恩尼烏斯】到Plinius minor【小普林尼】，但不包含古代晚期的作者，如Augustinus【奧古斯丁】）。一份長達9頁的對照錶列齣瞭歐洲地名的古代寫法和現代（英語）寫法，比如York（約剋）在古代稱Eburacum。這些地名資料對研究歐洲曆史文獻的學者來說非常重要。

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很快呀，這個正版書還挺便宜的，幫朋友買的

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權利聲明：

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內容比較易懂，很喜歡。

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還不錯！就是書太薄，太貴，不劃算！紙張相當像以前的草紙！

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《烏剋蘭拖拉機簡史》，看見書名，一定會嚇一跳，這是機械史還是小說？沒錯，這是小說。而且是獲得瞭以為喜劇小說而設的“波靈格大眾伍德豪斯奬”（Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize）的作品，同時也入選2005年的布剋奬。

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算是幽默小品吧，英語不是作者的母語，所以英語寫作用詞還是相對簡單，看懂比較容易