So Many Voices
I’m in the enormous waiting room of an inner city multi cultural health centre reading The History of Tractors in Ukrainian, an amusing story of an immigrant family living in England. The story has many layers and demands my attention especially those parts containing broken English.
My concentration is interrupted by the conversations of the patients in various languages. l am fascinated by the chatter, lending an ear to words I do not understand.
I’m even more confused when I find that in my mind the patients have replaced the characters in the story as the Ukrainians seek medical attention.
- Category: True Stories Told As Fiction
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Neville Hunt about 2 years ago
I’m impressed, Brian, with your grasp of Ukrainian! My own expertise in that language is extremely limited.... although my small, Ukrainian-made boat wears the Ukrainianish name I gave it with pride. I’d show you it, but unfortunately Drablr doesn’t do Cyrillic.
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Brian Mackinney about 2 years ago
It’s a wonderful book which I took with me for company but I became increasingly confused.
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VerityAlways about 2 years ago
I like how the two contexts merged to the warring point. Got to learn from you!
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Christopher about 2 years ago
You definitely have a knack for true stories told as fiction. Always interesting.
