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.
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 | 9781783784097 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783784091 |
| Title | The Future is History |
| Author | M Gessen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2017-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Prizes | Winner of National Book Award 2017 (United States) |
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