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[Olga Bukhina]

Eugene Yelchin, the author and the illustrator of Breaking Stalin’s Nose (Holt and Co., 2011), the first contemporary book for young readers about Stalinism, is scheduled to give a talk at Connecticut College in New London, CT, during the first week of November. Breaking Stalin’s Nose received a Newbery Honor Book prize in 2012, and appeared in Russian translation as Сталинский нос published by Rozovij Zhiraf in 2013. As the book’s translator into Russian, I will be joining Eugene Yelchin for his appearance at Connecticut College to discuss the book’s reception in the U.S. and Russia, trends in contemporary children’s literature, and problems related to translating literature for children.

A resident of California, Eugene Yelchin will be available for other speaking engagements on the East Coast before and after his trip to Connecticut College. If you are interested in inviting him to speak at your college or university, you may contact him directly at eugeneyelchin at gmail.com to discuss honoria and travel expenses.

For more information about Breaking Stalin’s Nose, see http://www.eugeneyelchinbooks.com/stalinsnose.php

Olga Bukhina
Writer, Translator
Executive Director
International Association for the Humanities, New York
e-mail: olgabu at tiac.net


Praise for Breaking Stalin’s Nose

“Breaking Stalin’s Nose will be of interest to educators, teachers, librarians, parents and children for providing a link between the understanding of ideological power and its crucial consequences. It also provides discourse on cultural diversity and the perception of Otherness. It will also serve as a source of research for scholars and graduate students interested in the history of the Soviet Union, Stalinism, ideological regimes and their culture, as well as post-Soviet representations of the Soviet Union’s in children’s literature.”

–The Working Group on Russian Children’s Literature and Culture (ASEEES Interest Group)

“Mr. Yelchin has compressed into two days of events an entire epoch, giving young readers a glimpse of the precariousness of life in a capricious yet ever-watchful totalitarian state.”

–Wall Street Journal

"Picture book author/illustrator Yelchin makes an impressive middle-grade debut with this compact novel about a devoted young Communist in Stalin-era Russia, illustrated with dramatically lit spot art. Through Sasha's fresh and optimistic voice, Yelchin powerfully renders an atmosphere of fear that forces false confessions, even among schoolchildren, and encourages neighbors and family members to betray one another without evidence. Readers will quickly pick up on the dichotomy between Sasha's ardent beliefs and the reality of life under Stalinism, and be glad for his ultimate disillusion, even as they worry for his future."

–Publishers Weekly
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