I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS - A GRAPHIC MEMOIR
No longer the creative little boy under his grandmother's table, Yevgeny is now a young adult, pursuing his artistic dreams under the constant threat of the KGB's stranglehold on Russia's creative scene. When a chance encounter with an American woman opens him up to a world of romance and possibility, Yevgeny believes he has found his path to the future-and freedom overseas. But the threat of being drafted into the military and sent to fight in Afghanistan changes everything in a terrible instant, and he takes drastic measures to decide his fate, leading to unthinkable consequences in a mental hospital. With bold art bringing a vivid reality to life, National Book Award Finalist and Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin's sequel to the acclaimed memoir The Genius Under the Table returns to Yevgeny's saga, balancing the terror and oppression of Soviet Russia with the author's signature charm and dark wit. I Wish I Didn't Have to Tell You This shines a stark spotlight on history while offering a poignant, nuanced, and powerfully resonant look at growing up in-and ultimately leaving-Cold War Russia in the early 1980s.
Edad recomendada: Adultos jóvenes.
YELCHIN EUGENE
Eugene Yelchin es un escritor, ilustrador y artista visual ruso-estadounidense. Nacido en la Unión Soviética, emigró a los Estados Unidos a los 27 años, donde desarrolló una prolífica carrera ilustrando y escribiendo literatura infantil y juvenil Middle Grade y Young Adult . Es autor de I Wish I Didn't Have to Tell You This, un libro de sus memorias ilustrado que retrata la vida bajo el régimen autoritario soviético con una mezcla de inocencia, arte e historia.
