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Two Caravans

by Marina Lewycka · 2007

Also published as Strawberry Fields. The bestselling author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is back with an "effervescent comedy" (The New Yorker) The follow up to her hugely popular first novel presents a… more

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A man needs enough...no less, no more.
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Da, sve otkako je čovjek prvi put digao glavu iznad ulaza u špilju da pogleda zvijezde na nebu i pomislio kako bi bilo lijepo imati jednu takvu zvijezdu samo za sebe, sanjao je o tome da drugi rade za njega i da on za to plaća što je manje moguće.
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Svaka žena čeka gospodina Browna i njegovu tajanstvenu izbočinu, vjernoga onkraj groba; onda odjednom shvati da ono što čeka uopće ne postoji i da će morati prihvatiti nešto drugorazredno. Kakvo razočarenje.
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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...
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For it's only when you reach your destination that you discover the road doesn't end here after all.
In every life there is a moment when you can break free of taken forgranted situations and strike out in a different direction

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Also published as Strawberry Fields.

The bestselling author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is back with an "effervescent comedy" (The New Yorker) The follow up to her hugely popular first novel presents a Canterbury Tales inspired picaresque that is also a biting satire of economic exploitation. When a ragtag international crew of migrant workers is forced to flee the strawberry fields they have been working in, they set off across England looking for employment. Displaying the same sense of compassion, social outrage, and gift for hilarity that she showed in A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Marina Lewycka chronicles their bumpy road trip with a tender affection for her downtrodden characters and their search for a taste of the good life.

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First published
2007
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Fiction
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3.52 (8k ratings)

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