Debut Novel Tackles Ukraine's Dark Political Past

NPR

Published April 19, 2005 at 6:00 PM HST

Author Marina Lewycka discusses her debut novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian. The novel, about Ukraine's dark political past, has made the shortlist for the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction.

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Debut Novel Tackles Ukraine's Dark Political Past

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