The Genius Under the Table
With a masterful mix of comic timing and disarming poignancy, award-winning author-illustrator 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.
Categories: Non-Fiction
For readers aged: 9+
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Format: Hardback
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ISBN: 9781536215526
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Published: 05 May 2022
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Price: £14.99
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- Size: 210 x 152 mm
- Pages: 208