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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible
- Adventures in Modern Russia
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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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 audiobook - 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.
Winner of the £10,000 Ondaatje Prize, described by judge Kate Adie as an ‘exuberant exposure’, with the ‘grotesque pursuit of money conveyed in glittering, trenchant prose’.
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- Tonkabean
- 20-04-21
quite compelling and pretty bleak!
The reading was good and the book definitely offered an insight into something that you wouldn't want to get too close to.
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- flybunny
- 06-03-23
Fascinating
A real fascinating look at a westerners view of Russia, especially the elites and wannabes. The last three chapters in particular help orientate the reader to the international moves Putin makes and why and how.
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- Olena
- 04-04-17
Hard to believe but true portrayal of today Russia
This is incredibly detailed portrait of modern Russia which is hard to comprehend by Western people. Must read for everyone who care about the future of the world. As it will be shaken badly by the fall of the giant bear.
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- Ann D
- 07-03-17
Interesting and educational!
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This is an enjoyable read/listen. Well written and compelling. It provides and interesting and compelling account of sociopolitical issues in modern Russia.
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- A T Brookes
- 14-03-20
Fascinating insight to modern Russia and Russians
A brilliant study of the Russian people and their experience through the lives of a handful of fascinating characters. Told with the detail of a documentarian and the occasional flair of a poet. Highly recommend.
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- jack michal
- 16-05-18
fascinating and well writen
a beautifully written and structured dive into a fascinating world. all I hesitate over is that its hard to tell whether the patriarchal vibes are entirely a product of Russian culture or if the authors is also to blame in some very small part. an unfair cricisum though as women's role in Russian society is given a lot of attention.
I highly recommend it to any who are interested in Russia geopolitical wold vew.
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- Nick Drew
- 09-01-18
A fascinating grotesquerie of modern Russia
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Peter Pomerantsev's account of today's Russia reads like a bizarre fever-dream of a world cut loose from all its moorings since the downfall of the Soviet Union, equally shaped by shadowy "political technologists", strange cults, corruption (at state and individual level), mysticism, nationalism and hyper-capitalism. Through a series of stories based on his life in Russia as a film maker, Pomerantsev gives an insight into how modern Russia works which will be strange and incomprehensible to most Western readers, but nonetheless a vitally important account of how this renewed superpower came to be and what it might mean for all of us. Read with characteristic vitality, engagement and vividness by the excellent Leighton Pugh.
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- Chris
- 10-10-19
Excellent story of a fascinating country
Tops marks to the author and to the narrator of this "Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible". I enjoyed it thoroughly from beginning to end. Reads like a thriller but full of intriguing insights about life in modern Russia. Lots of fun!
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- Sue
- 16-04-17
Clash of cultures within one civilisation
A fascinating look into how Russia has essentially used contemporary and western culture to reconstruct the same Soviet system. It's not so much an evolution but adaptation to bolster their former glory.
Peter Pomerantsev is a veteran reporter for Russia, and his tongue and cheek yet informative look into the country is engaging, concerning and at times just plain insane.
The book itself meanders through a variety of topics, mostly based on the writer's experiences of working on various television programmes for state sponsored networks, therefore doesn't strictly stick to the nitty gritty political system. It dabbles in the entertainment world as well as various corruption scandals making it not as heavy listen as expected. Worth the listen.
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- K Clifford
- 04-05-18
Captivating book
Captivating book, but narrator mispronounces Russian names and words, and gets stresses wrong. You'd think he would've researched them beforehand.
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