Review of 'Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A good primer on how spectacle and sentiment can do a lot of work for your budding tyrannies.
English language
Published May 8, 2015
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
4 stars
(10 reviews)
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia is a 2014 book by Peter Pomerantsev about 21st century Russian history.
Review of 'Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A fascinating and gripping trip into a dark, surreal and often terrifying world. But I don't trust Peter Pomerantsev. His portrait of Putin's Russia chimes too well with western hegemony. His fleeting description of George Galway, a "far-left supporter of Saddam Hussein" is just one example of a chink from which a whiff of lazy bigotry leaks.
