Publication

2007 - Fig Tree, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

77,250 words, Guess

Page Count

309 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007408035
  • Goodreads902714
  • LibraryThing2062723

Classifications

  • LCCPR6112.E895 T96 2007

Description

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.

Subjects

Topics

FictionAusländerUkrainiansLiteratureAlien laborErdbeerernteHilfsarbeiter

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Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • Two caravansFig Tree2007-01-01

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