The genius under the table : growing up behind the Iron Curtain

Yelchin, Eugene (author,, illustrator.).

Summary: "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."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 1536222348
ISBN: 9781536222340
Physical Description: 1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations, map.
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2021.