Gorʹkai︠a︡ i smeshnai︠a︡ istorii︠a︡, kotorui︠u︡ rasskazyvaet Marina Levit︠s︡kai︠a︡, - ne prosto semeĭnai︠a︡ saga ukrainskikh immigrantov v Anglii. Ėto istorii︠a︡ Ukrainy i vseĭ Evropy, perezhivshikh koshmary KhKh veka, istorii︠a︡ cheloveka i chelovechestva. I, konechno zhe, - kratkai︠a︡ istorii︠a︡ traktorov. Po-ukrainski. Kniga, o kotoroĭ ne tolʹko govori︠a︡t, no i spori︠a︡t. "Cherez dva goda posle smerti moeĭ mamy otet︠s︡ vli︠u︡bilsi︠a︡ v shikarnui︠u︡ ukrainskui︠u︡ blondinku-razvedenku. Emu bylo vosemʹdesi︠a︡t chetyre, eĭ - tridt︠s︡atʹ shestʹ. Ona vzorvala nashu zhiznʹ, slovno pushistai︠a︡ rozovai︠a︡ granata, vzboltav mutnui︠u︡ vodu, vytolknuv na poverkhnostʹ osevshie na dno vospominanii︠a︡ i napoddav pod zad nashim semeĭnym prizrakam. Mne kazalosʹ, ėta istorii︠a︡ prevrashchaetsi︠a︡ v grubyĭ fars, no teperʹ i︠a︡ videla, chto ona pererastaet v deshevui︠u︡ tragedii︠u︡". The bitter and funny story that Marina Levitskaya tells is not just a family saga of Ukrainian immigrants in England. This is the history of Ukraine and all of Europe, which survived the nightmares of the twentieth century, the history of man and humanity. And, of course, a brief history of tractors. In Ukrainian. A book that is not only talked about, but also argued about. "Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a gorgeous Ukrainian blonde divorcee. He was eighty-four, she was thirty-six. She blew up our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, stirring up troubled waters, pushing to the surface the memories that had settled to the bottom and giving "Knock our family ghosts in the ass. I thought this story was turning into a crude farce, but now I saw that it was turning into a cheap tragedy."

Translation of: A short history of tractors in Ukrainian.