Good Life Elsewhere Lorchenkov Vladimir
Good Life Elsewhere Lorchenkov Vladimir Vladimir Lorchenkov tells the story of a group of villagers and their tragicomic efforts, against all odds and at any cost, to emigrate from Moldova, Europe's…
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Good Life Elsewhere Lorchenkov Vladimir
Vladimir Lorchenkov tells the story of a group of villagers and their tragicomic efforts, against all odds and at any cost, to emigrate from Moldova, Europe's most impoverished nation, to Italy for work. "Outstanding ... In this uproarious tale, an Orthodox priest is deserted by his wife for an art-dealing atheist; a mechanic redesigns his tractor for travel by air and sea; thousands of villagers take to the road on a modern-day religious crusade to make it to the promised land of Italy; meanwhile, politicians remain politicians.
-- The Wall Street JournalA simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking tale." -- Publishers Weekly "A touching and hilarious chronicle about the age-old European yearning for one more chance. darkly hilarious. A chance that may never come ..." -- Gary Shteyngart "Firmly in the great tradition of East European black humour