Ulitskaia’s Writing for Children: Transcending limitations of the graphic novel genre

This article examines characteristic features of the sense of wonder in a childhood perspective, as well as introduces epiphany as a source of achieving the illustration of a child’s character and viewpoint. The analysis focuses on the series of stories Childhood-49, written by Liudmila Ulitskaia, which creates an interconnected series of events that gradually as they depict the complex life of Russian post-war society with all its bitterness and hardship.