White on Black - Brossura

Gallego, Ruben

Brossura

ISBN 10: 015603235X ISBN 13: 9780156032353

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2007

Riassunto

This is an extraordinary personal testament, the story of one boy’s triumph in the face of impossible obstacles. Born with cerebral palsy in Moscow, Ruben Gallego was hidden away in Soviet state institutions by his maternal grandfather, the secretary general of the Spanish Communist Party in the 1960s. His was a boyhood spent in orphanages, hospitals, and old-age homes, a life of emotional deprivation and loss of human dignity.   And yet there is no self-pity here, no bitterness, only an unfailing regard for the truth. Gallego’s story is one of neglect and mistreatment but also of shared small pleasures, of courage, of the power of the human will, and of a child’s growing fascination with books and the worlds he finds in them.

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PRAISE FOR WHITE ON BLACK

"This book is today's Gulag Archipelago, a plea to ordinary people not to close themselves off to the truth."--The New York Times

"Mr. Gallego's little book is deeply moving, his triumph a joy to read about."—The Washington Times

L'autore:

RUBEN GALLEGO was separated from his family at the age of one. He lived in Russia and worked as a computer specialist until 2000, when he was reunited with his mother. Gallego now lives in Freiburg, Germany.
 
Winner of the 2003 Russian Booker Prize

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 015603235X
• ISBN 13: 9780156032353
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 168