Two Caravans

Présentation de l'éditeur A beautiful summer's evening in a Kent field and around their two caravans a group of strawberry pickers celebrates a birthday. But what lies behind the buy-one-get-one-free offers at your supermarket and who picks our strawberries? The Ukrainians: Irina, just off the coach from Kiev, and Andriy, the miner's son from the other Ukraine; the Poles: Tomasz and Yola; two Chinese girls; Emanuel, the round-eyed eighteen-year-old from Malawi. And although he can't pick strawberries, there's also the Dog . . . Hilarious, gritty, moving and slapstick, Two Caravans has all the ingredients that made A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian so successful. Revue de presse Her last book was entertaining, but this one is better…Very buoyant, witty and informative (Peter Kemp The Sunday Times) A great romp…with considerable heart and winsomeness ( Literary Review) Another black comedy masterpiece…an extraordinary, surprisingly funny tale ( Easy Living) Another winner from the author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian ( Woman and Home) Marina Lewycka has pulled off another story with a big heart ( Daily Express) Lewycka's heartfelt and funny novel packs as big a punch as any hard-hitting political polemic ( Daily Mail) An extremely funny book ( Times Literary Supplement) Biographie de l'auteur Marina Lewycka was born of Ukrainian parents in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany, at the end of the war, and grew up in England. She teaches at Sheffield Hallam University. She is married, with a grown-up daughter, and lives in Sheffield.