The Genius Under the Table

Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

von Eugene Yelchin

208 Seiten, Taschenbuch, ab 10 Jahre

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

“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.

• Themen: Kinder, Jugendliche und Bildung Allgemeine Interessen Biografien und Autobiografien
• ISBN: 9781536236248
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.05.2024
• Größe: 211 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Empf. Lesealter: ab 10 Jahre
• Illustrationen: Eugene Yelchin