A Child in Translation

A deeply personal autobiographic narrative about growing up in Soviet Ukraine that delivers a vivid picture of life in a part of the world most outsiders have never thought about.

While the Ukraine may be dismissed as some obscure ex-socialist country, it in fact hosted one of the first known civilizations - the Trypillians (6,000 - 3,000 BC) - and established the world's first university and written state constitution.

It also has some very eclectic claims to fame, including the deepest subway station in the world, the heaviest silver coin, the shortest main street in any capital city, the largest library and the invention of the helicopter