Tony Rossiter looks at a writer who feels a great urgency to tell stories and to try out new techniques
At the age of 58, after almost forty years of trying and failing to become a published writer, Marina Lewycka finally made it. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (2005) was rejected 36 times before it was taken on and became a worldwide hit. It’s an object lesson in the value of perseverance; of never giving up.