Product Description: Ruben David Gonzalez Gallego (born 1968) was born in Moscow, Russia, with severe cerebral palsy. Gallego was separated from his family at the age of one; he was sent to a state orphanage, because his grandfather, Ignacio Gallego, who was Secretary-General of the Spanish Communist Party, was ashamed of him and told his daughter (who was Ruben's mother) that her son had died...read more

Recounts how the author, a grandson of the Spanish Communist Party secretary general in 1960s Moscow, was abandoned to a life of institutions and orphanages due to his cerebral palsy and endured a childhood rife with neglect, emotional mistreatment, and small pleasures. Winner of the 2003 Russian Booker Prize. Reprint.

Product Description: The author and protagonist of this impressive narrative is a man who did not allow human cruelty or his handicap silence the voice of his intelligence and sensitivity. Gallego was born in Moscow with his twin brother; days later the first baby passed away...read more