Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia
Author(s): Peter Pomerantsev
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.
Product Information
The essential book on the New Russia, and how it's travelled from communist collapse to a new form of dictatorship.
Shortlisted for Gordon Burn Prize 2015.
General Fields
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- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : Faber & Faber
- : 0.242
- : 01 December 2015
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 January 2016
- : books
Special Fields
- : 284
- : Paperback
- : Peter Pomerantsev