Bibliograph

The genius under the table, growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Eugene Yelchin

Type

Label

The genius under the table, growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Eugene Yelchin

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The genius under the table

Oclc number

1273211104

Responsibility statement

Eugene Yelchin

Sub title

growing up behind the Iron Curtain

Summary

"With a masterful mix of comic timing and disarming poignancy, Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin offers a memoir of growing up in Cold War Russia. 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."--, Amazon

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification