Words Will Break Cement The Passion Of Pussy Riot

Author: Masha Gessen

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  • : 9781847089342
  • : Granta Books
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  • : January 2014
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 22.99
  • : March 2014
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Barcode 9781847089342
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Description

This necessary and timely book is an account of the Pussy Riot protest, the ensuing global support movement, and the tangled and controversial trial of the band members. It explores the status of dissent in Russia, the roots of the group and their adoption - or appropriation - by wider collectives, feminist groups and music icons. Masha Gessen has unique access to the band and those closest to them. Her unrivalled understanding of the Russian protest movement makes her the ideal writer to document and explain the rage, the beauty and the phenomenon that is Pussy Riot.

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The story of Pussy Riot, punk icons and Russian dissenters, and the untold story of their infamous trial and on-going global significance

Author description

MASHA GESSEN is a journalist and the author of several books including Blood Matters. She has contributed to the New Republic, the New Statesman, Granta, Slate and Vanity Fair. Gessen lives in Moscow.