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Laddar... My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner (2009)av Meir Shalev
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Incredible story and history of the beginning of settlement of Israel. ( ) This book was a small book but a great read. I found it in my LFL and I even had it on my to read and never expected to find it nor read it. It wasn't just about Grandma Tonia's vacuum cleaner from America sent all the way to Israel but her family, her obsession with dirt, dust etc. The author did a wonderful job of describing his family's life and his grandmother's too. I laughed at the way the stories were "changed" from family member in their recollections and Tonia's way with words in her Russian accent and English version. The writer is good with words and is witty. However, I "assume" the story is supposed to be cute and nostalgic. I found it sad. A grandmother is so consumed by cleanliness that her family has to eat on the porch instead of the dining room, so they don't dirty it. There are rooms in the house, such as the library and the bathroom, they are not permitted to enter. On the door knob of each door is a rag, in case somebody needs to enter, they need to clean the door knob when they leave the room. Her daughter can not get married in the backyard because her mother is afraid family will dirty the house. I'd say the grandmother has a mental illness; and that is not cute. I did get to see snippets of life in a kibbutz. 224 pages 3 stars inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Ingår i förlagsserienGallimard, Folio (5815)
Biography & Autobiography.
Multi-Cultural.
Nonfiction.
HTML: From the author of the acclaimed novel A Pigeon and a Boy comes a charming tale of family ties, over-the-top housekeeping, and the sport of storytelling in Nahalal, the village of Meir Shalevâ??s birth. Here we meet Shalevâ??s amazing Grandma Tonia, who arrived in Palestine by boat from Russia in 1923 and lived in a constant state of battle with what she viewed as the familyâ??s biggest enemy in their new land: dirt. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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