内容简介
Lentils,freelove,radicalpoliticsandfamilytruths...VariousPetsAliveandDeadisthewonderfullyfunnyfourthnovelfromMarinaLewycka,authorofthebestsellingAShortHistoryofTractorsinUkrainian.FortwentyyearsDoroandMarcuslivedinacommune,convincedlentilsandfreelovewouldchangetheworld.Theydidn't.Whattheydiddowasgivetheirchildrenaterrorofradicalism,dirt,cookingrotasandpoverty.TheirdaughterClarawantsnothinglessconformistthanherown,cleanbathroom.TheirsonSergehidestheawkwardfactthathe'sabankerearningloadsamoney.SowhenDoroandMarcusspringasurpriseontheirkids-justastheworldisrockedinwaystheyalwayswishedfor-thefamilyisforcedtoconfrontsomethornytruthsaboutthemselves...
作者简介
MarinaLewyckawasborninKiel,Germany,afterthewar,grewupinEnglandandlivesinSheffield.Herfirstnovel,AShortHistoryofTractorsinUkrainian,wasshortlistedfortheOrangePrize,longlistedfortheManBookerandwontheBollingerEverymanPrizeforComicFictionandtheWavertonGoodReadAward.Hersecondnovel,TwoCaravans,wasshortlistedfortheOrwellPrize.AShortHistoryofTractorsinUkrainian,TwoCaravansandMarina'sthirdnovel,WeAreAllMadeofGlue,areallavailableinPenguin.