White on Black

Rubén Gallego · 2002 CE · Narrative Non-fiction · Russian · Contemporary

Short chapters follow a boy with cerebral palsy, born to a Spanish father and raised in Soviet orphanages and care homes for the disabled, as he learns to read, move and fight for a life of his own. It is the author's own story, told with dry humour, and won the Russian Booker in 2003.

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