The Future is History by M Gessen
In The Future is History Masha Gessen follows the lives of four Russians, born as the Soviet Union crumbled, at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children or grandchildren of the very architects of the new Russia, each with newfound aspirations of their own - as entrepreneurs, activists, thinkers and writers, sexual and social beings. Gessen charts their paths not only against the machinations of the regime that would seek to crush them all (censorship, intimidation, violence) but also against the war it waged on understanding itself, ensuring the unobstructed emergence of the old Soviet order in the form of today's terrifying and seemingly unstoppable mafia state. The Future is History is a powerful and urgent cautionary tale by contemporary Russia's most fearless inquisitor.
Indispensable -- Pankaj Mishra * Guardian *
The Future is History is a beautifully-written, sensitively-argued and cleverly-structured journey through Russia's failure to build democracyThe difficulty for any book about Russia is how to make the world's biggest country human-sized, and she succeeds by building her story around the lives of a half-dozen people, whose fortunes wax and wane as the country opens up, then closes down once more. It is a story about hope and despair, trauma and treatment, ideals and betrayal, and above all about love and cynicism. If you want to truly understand why Vladimir Putin has been able to so dominate his country, this book will help you -- Oliver Bullough
A brave and eloquent critic of the Putin regime... For anyone wondering how Russia ended up in the hands of Putin and his friends, and what it means for the rest of us, Gessen's book gives us an alarming and convincing picture -- Edward Lucas * The Times *
A provocative new book [where] Gessen ably weaves [the four protagonists'] lives into a gripping, if grim, tapestry * Economist *
A finely-wrought narrative of Russia's turbulent history... Fascinating... The Future is History presents a Russia whose [...] people are condemned decade after decade to rehearse the same drama of tyranny and obedience -- Daniel Beer * Guardian *
Excellent and readable -- Mark Mazower * Observer *
The Future is History is a beautifully-written, sensitively-argued and cleverly-structured journey through Russia's failure to build democracyThe difficulty for any book about Russia is how to make the world's biggest country human-sized, and she succeeds by building her story around the lives of a half-dozen people, whose fortunes wax and wane as the country opens up, then closes down once more. It is a story about hope and despair, trauma and treatment, ideals and betrayal, and above all about love and cynicism. If you want to truly understand why Vladimir Putin has been able to so dominate his country, this book will help you -- Oliver Bullough
A brave and eloquent critic of the Putin regime... For anyone wondering how Russia ended up in the hands of Putin and his friends, and what it means for the rest of us, Gessen's book gives us an alarming and convincing picture -- Edward Lucas * The Times *
A provocative new book [where] Gessen ably weaves [the four protagonists'] lives into a gripping, if grim, tapestry * Economist *
A finely-wrought narrative of Russia's turbulent history... Fascinating... The Future is History presents a Russia whose [...] people are condemned decade after decade to rehearse the same drama of tyranny and obedience -- Daniel Beer * Guardian *
Excellent and readable -- Mark Mazower * Observer *
Masha Gessen is a journalist and the author of several books including Blood Matters and The Man Without a Face, which was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012. She has contributed to the New York Review of Books and the New Yorker. She lives in New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783784004 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783784008 |
| Title | The Future is History |
| Author | Masha Gessen |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2017-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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