{"product_id":"resurrection-the-struggle-for-a-new-russia-paperback","title":"Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Remnick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author David Remnick chronicles the new Russia that emerged from the ash heap of the Soviet Union. From the siege of Parliament to the farcically tilted elections of 1996, from the rubble of Grozny to the grandiose wealth and naked corruption of today's Moscow, Remnick chronicles a society so racked by change that its citizens must daily ask themselves who they are, where they belong, and what they believe in. Remnick composes this panorama out of dozens of finely realized individual portraits. Here is Mikhail Gorbachev, his head still swimming from his plunge from reverence to ridicule. Here is Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the half-Jewish anti-Semite who conducts politics as loony performance art. And here is Boris Yeltsin, the tottering populist who is not above stealing elections. In \u003cb\u003eResurrection\u003c\/b\u003e, they become the players in a drama so vast and moving that it deserves comparison with the best reportage of George Orwell and Michael Herr. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is what happens when a good writer unleashes eye and ear on a story that moves with the speed of light. \u003cb\u003eResurrection\u003c\/b\u003e has the feel of describing vast, historical change even as it is happening.\"--Chicago Tribune\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author David Remnick chronicles the new Russia that emerged from the ash heap of the Soviet Union. From the siege of Parliament to the farcically tilted elections of 1996, from the rubble of Grozny to the grandiose wealth and naked corruption of today's Moscow, Remnick chronicles a society so racked by change that its citizens must daily ask themselves who they are, where they belong, and what they believe in. Remnick composes this panorama out of dozens of finely realized individual portraits. Here is Mikhail Gorbachev, his head still swimming from his plunge from reverence to ridicule. Here is Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the half-Jewish anti-Semite who conducts politics as loony performance art. And here is Boris Yeltsin, the tottering populist who is not above stealing elections. In Resurrection, they become the players in a drama so vast and moving that it deserves comparison with the best reportage of George Orwell and Michael Herr. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is what happens when a good writer unleashes eye and ear on a story that moves with the speed of light. Resurrection has the feel of describing vast, historical change even as it is happening.\"--Chicago Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID REMNICK\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He began his career as a sportswriter for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for \u003ci\u003eLenin's Tomb\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eResurrection and The Devil Problem\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOther True Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays. Mr. Remnick served as an Olympic Correspondent and Commentator for NBC during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. He lives in New York City with his wife and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.1 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52637944250675,"sku":"9780375750236","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cZBZaXmOsP9780375750236.webp?v=1762304103","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/resurrection-the-struggle-for-a-new-russia-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}