THE GENIUS UNDER THE TABLE - GROWING UP BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
"Yelchin delivers a darkly humorous slice-of-life account of growing up in the Soviet Union. . . . Humorous, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful." -Kirkus Reviews starred review
Drama, family secrets, and a KGB spy in his own kitchen! How will Yevgeny ever fulfill his parents' dream that he become a national hero when he doesn't even have his own room? He's not a star athlete or a legendary ballet dancer. In the tiny apartment he shares with his Baryshnikov-obsessed mother, poetry-loving father, continually outraged grandmother, and safely talented brother, all Yevgeny has is his little pencil, the underside of a massive table, and the doodles that could change everything. With equal amounts charm and solemnity, award-winning author and artist Eugene Yelchin recounts in hilarious detail his childhood in Cold War Russia as a young boy desperate to understand his place in his family.
Edad recomendada: A partir de 11 años.
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 ampliamente reconocido por sus memorias y novelas históricas ilustradas que retratan la vida bajo regímenes autoritarios con una poética mezcla de inocencia, arte e historia.
