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Marina Lewycka
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born
January 01, 1946
gender
female
place of birth
Kiel, Germany
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Literature & Fiction, Health, Mind & Body
about this author
Marina Lewycka (born 1946) is a British novelist of Ukrainian origin, currently living in Sheffield, England.
Lewycka was born in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany after World War II. Her family then moved to England where she now lives. She was educated at Keele University and works as a lecturer in media studies at Sheffield Hallam University.
In addition to her fiction, Lewycka has written a number of books giving practical advice for carers of elderly people, published by the charity Age Concern.
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: A Novel by Marina Lewycka avg rating 3.27 — 2,358 ratings — published 2005 21 editions |
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Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka avg rating 3.38 — 316 ratings — published 2007 20 editions |
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We Are All Made of Glue by Marina Lewycka avg rating 3.25 — 16 ratings — published 2009 4 editions |
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We are All Made of Glue by Marina Lewycka avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2010 |
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Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2005 |
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006 |
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Strawberry Fields by Marina Lewycka avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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Strawberry Fields by Marina Lewycka avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008 |
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Caring for Someone with a Sight Problem (Carers Handbook) by Marina Lewycka avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2001 2 editions |
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"With a feeling of despondency so intense that it was almost pleasurable, he got out his guitar.
So this was to be his condition now.What was he but a fragment of broken churned-up
humanity washed up on this faraway shore? This was where his journey had brought him....
There mus be a song in this..."
— Marina Lewycka (Two Caravans)
So this was to be his condition now.What was he but a fragment of broken churned-up
humanity washed up on this faraway shore? This was where his journey had brought him....
There mus be a song in this..."
— Marina Lewycka (Two Caravans)
tags:
inspirational,
music
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"When I saw the car pulling into the driveway and I saw her getting out and walking towards the house, can you imagine Nadezhda, I performed involuntary excretion in my trousers."
— Marina Lewycka (A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian)
— Marina Lewycka (A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian)
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humor
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