Nothing is true and everything is possible : adventures in modern Russia / Peter Pomerantsev.
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TextPublication details: London Faber and Faber 2015.Description: 284 pages ; 22 cmISBN: - 0571308015
- 9780571308019
- Interviews -- Russia (Federation)
- Social change -- Russia (Federation)
- Social problems -- Russia (Federation)
- Power (Social sciences) -- Russia (Federation)
- Corruption -- Russia (Federation)
- Authoritarianism -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation)
- Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 1991-
- Russia (Federation) -- History -- 1991- -- Biography
- Russia (Federation) -- Economic conditions -- 1991-
- 306.0947 POM
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 306.0947 POM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100660563 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
'A riveting portrait of the new Russia.' Tina Brown
'Pomerantsev is one of the most brilliant observers of Putin's Russia ... an electrifying, terrifying book .' Anne Applebaum
' Unflinching, tragic and profound. ' AD Miller, author of SNOWDROPS
A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, bohemian theatre directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, supermodel sects, post-modern dictators and oligarch revolutionaries.
This is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, where life is seen as a whirling, glamorous masquerade where identities can be switched and all values are changeable. It is home to a new form of authoritarianism, far subtler than 20th century strains, and which is rapidly expanding to challenge the global order.
An extraordinary book - one which is as powerful and entertaining as it is troubling - Nothing is True and Everything is Possible offers a wild ride into this political and ethical vacuum.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Peter Pomerantsev was born in 1977 in Kiev, Ukraine. He has written for London Review of Books, Newsweek, Le Monde Diplomatique, El Pais, and Internationale. He is the author of Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia. It won the Royal Society of Literature 2016 Ondaatje Prize in the UK.He has worked as a consultant for the EU and World Bank on development projects in Russia.
(Bowker Author Biography)