My Russian Grandmother And Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir Av Meir Shalev

My Russian Grandmother And Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir Av Meir Shalev

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 Shalevs birth. Here we meet Shalevs amazing Grandma Tonia, who arrived in Palestine by boat from Rus......
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<p>From the author of the acclaimed novel <i>A Pigeon and a Boy</i> comes a charming tale of family ties, over-the-top housekeeping, and the sport of storytelling in Nahalal, the village of Meir Shalev’s birth. Here we meet Shalev’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 family’s biggest enemy in their new land: dirt.<br> <br>Grandma Tonia was never seen without a cleaning rag over her shoulder. She received visitors outdoors. She allowed only the most privileged guests to enter her spotless house. Hilarious and touching, Grandma Tonia and her regulations come richly to life in a narrative that circles around the arrival into the family’s dusty agricultural midst of the big, shiny American sweeper sent as a gift by Great-uncle Yeshayahu (he who had shockingly emigrated to the sinful capitalist heaven of Los Angeles!). America, to little Meir and to his f
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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 Shalev’s birth. Here we meet Shalev’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 family’s biggest enemy in their new land: dirt. Grandma Tonia was never seen without a cleaning rag over her shoulder. She received visitors outdoors. She allowed only the most privileged guests to enter her spotless house. Hilarious and touching, Grandma Tonia and her regulations come richly to life in a narrative that circles around the arrival into the family’s dusty agricultural midst of the big, shiny American sweeper sent as a gift by Great-uncle Yeshayahu (he who had shockingly emigrated to the sinful capitalist heaven of Los Angeles!). America, to little Meir and to his forebears, was a land of hedonism and enchanting progress; of tempting luxuries, dangerous music, and degenerate gum-chewing; and of women with painted fingernails. The sweeper, a stealth weapon from Grandpa Aharon’s American brother meant to beguile the hardworking socialist household with a bit of American ease, was symbolic of the conflicts and visions of the family in every respect. The fate of Tonia’s “svieeperrr”—hidden away for decades in a spotless closed-off bathroom after its initial use—is a family mystery that Shalev determines to solve. The result, in this cheerful translation by Evan Fallenberg, is pure delight, as Shalev brings to life the obsessive but loving Tonia, the pioneers who gave his childhood its spirit of wonder, and the grit and humor of people building ever-new lives.

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Gjør deg klar for en følelsesmessig og hjertevarm reise gjennom familiebånd, husarbeid og fortellingens kunst i Nahalal, landsbyen der Meir Shalev ble født. I denne fengslende memoiren møter vi den bemerkelsesverdige Bestemor Tonia, som i 1923 ankom Palestina fra Russland, alltid klar for å ta imot besøkende – men kun etter at hun har renset og polert sitt rene hjem.

En Kamp Mot Huset

  • Renhold som livsstil: Bestemor Tonia er kjent for sin utrettelige kamp mot skitt – hun er aldri uten kluten sin!
  • En overraskelse fra Amerika: En stor og blank amerikansk støvsuger sendes som gave fra storonkelen Yeshayahu, noe som skaper både humor og konflikt i husstanden.
  • Et mysterium verdt å løse: Hva skjedde egentlig med denne fantastiske støvsugeren som ble glemt i et lukket bad i årevis?

En Fortelling Med Hjerte

Med en blanding av humor og nostalgi, fletter Shalev sammen historier om sin familie, kultur og den dype kjærligheten som finnes til tross for de strenge reglene som Bestemor Tonia satte. Hans beskrivelse av Amerika som et land av fristelser og innovasjon gir en ekstra dimensjon til denne gripende personlige fortellingen.

Hvorfor Du Ikke Bør Gå Glipp Av Denne Boken

er mer enn bare en bok; det er en hjertevarm hyllest til familiebånd og kulturarv. Boken fanger essensen av et liv fylt med motsetninger og kjærlighet, hvor hver side bringer deg nærmere de levende karakterene som har formet Shalevs liv.

Enten du er på jakt etter en inspirerende historie om familie eller vil ha en god latter, er denne boken et must-read. Griper du sjansen til å oppdage den rike og unike fortellingen bak hver side, vil du helt sikkert bli berørt og underholdt!

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