The Man Without a Face
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The Man Without a Face is the chilling account of how a low- level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to her own people and...
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The Man Without a Face is the chilling account of how a low- level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world.Handpicked as a successor by the "family" surrounding an ailing and increasingly unpopular Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin seemed like a perfect choice for the oligarchy to shape according to its own designs. Suddenly the boy who had stood in the shadows, dreaming of ruling the world, was a public figure, and his popularity soared. Russia and an infatuated West were determined to see the progressive leader of their dreams, even as he seized control of media, sent political rivals and critics into exile or to the grave, and smashed the country's fragile electoral system, concentrating power in the hands of his cronies.
As a journalist living in Moscow, Masha Gessen experienced this history firsthand, and for The Man Without a Face she has drawn on information and sources no other writer has tapped. Her account of how a "faceless" man maneuvered his way into absolute-and absolutely corrupt-power has the makings of a classic of narrative nonfiction.
Autoren-Porträt von Masha Gessen
Masha Gessen, geb. 1967 in Russland, emigrierte 1981. Sie arbeitete als Journalistin und Zeitschriftenredakteurin in den USA und kehrte 1994 wieder nach Russland zurück. Masha Gessen ist feste Mitarbeiterin der Zeitschrift 'Itogi' und politische Kolumnistin der Zeitung 'Matador'; außerdem arbeitet sie als Redakteurin für die amerikanische Zeitschrift 'Lingua Franca' und als Russlandkorrespondentin für 'New Republic'.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Masha Gessen
- 2012, 304 Seiten, Maße: 16 x 22,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin US
- ISBN-10: 1594488428
- ISBN-13: 9781594488429
Sprache:
Englisch
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