Waterstones The Invention of Russia
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Price: £10.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: Winner of the Orwell Prize 2016. How did a country that liberated itself from seventy years of Soviet rule end up as one of the biggest threats to the West and, above all, to its own future? Why did the people who rejected Communist ideology come to accept state propaganda? In this bold and important book, Arkady Ostrovsky takes the reader on an enthralling journey through Russia's tumultuous post-Soviet transformation and illuminates the key turning points that often took the world by surprise. As a foreign correspondent in his own country, Ostrovsky has experienced Russia's modern history first-hand, and through original research and interviews he reveals the ideological conflicts, compromises and temptations that have left Russia on a knife-edge. Waterstones The Invention of Russia - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780857891600
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ISBN: 9780857891600
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Author: Sergei
Rating: 5
Review: I belong to the same generation as Ostrovsky, with very similar life trajectory from Moscow to London, there and back again. I can only say that if I could write a book, this is the book I wish I have written, it is so spot on. No, this NOT a history textbook, it is NOT a reductionist list of “things that happened” with retrospective rationalisation, it is also NOT a pop history. But in some odd roundabout way it’s the best articulation of how we got from there to here that I have seen. My only criticism is this - I think this book, part history part essay, will be a lost cause for a casual Western reader, it does not provide enough of an easy “framework” to hang things on, so to speak. Yet I believe Anne Applebaum is right - the books is an important and timely one. Give it a shot, it deserves it.
Author: Andy
Rating: 1
Review: Awful. Written by a journalist, and it shows. An endless toil of utterly pointless references ("as 'XXX' wrote . . .", "YYY states . . .") to other journalists and media folk with no flow, heart or feeling for the underlying events. All, no doubt, credible journalism, but totally pointless as a narrative. I read a lot of history, and I'm aware that some of the writing can be a bit dry, but this is certainly the worst such book I've read in recent years. And such a lost opportunity - a fascinating and important period and subject. I gave up on this in the end as I was losing the will to even skim through it. Avoid unless you need an insomnia aid. (And I see someone else has given it five stars along with a comment "haven't read it yet" - possible the best way to enjoy it)
