Name: Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot
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Author: Gessen, Masha
ISBN: 9781594632198

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Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot

Type

Physical Book

Author

Masha Gessen

Publisher

Penguin Lcc Us

Year

2014

Language

English

Pages

308

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781594632198

Edition No.

Synopsis "Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot "

The heroic story of Pussy Riot, who resurrected the power of truth in a society built on liesOn February 21, 2012, five young women entered the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. In neon-colored dresses, tights, and balaclavas, they performed a “punk prayer” beseeching the “Mother of God” to “get rid of Putin.” They were quickly shut down by security, and in the weeks and months that followed, three of the women were arrested and tried, and two were sentenced to a remote prison colony. But the incident captured international headlines, and footage of it went viral. People across the globe recognized not only a fierce act of political confrontation but also an inspired work of art that, in a time and place saturated with lies, found a new way to speak the truth.Masha Gessen’s riveting account tells how such a phenomenon came about. Drawing on her exclusive, extensive access to the members of Pussy Riot and their families and associates, she reconstructs the fascinating personal journeys that transformed a group of young women into artists with a shared vision, gave them the courage and imagination to express it unforgettably, and endowed them with the strength to endure the devastating loneliness and isolation that have been the price of their triumph.

Masha Gessen

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She is the author of the best seller The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (2012). She has written ten non-fiction books, her most recent work The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2007; she has also written about the rights of the LGBTI population and is considered the leading LGBTI activist in Russia.

Editor at The New Yorker since 2007. She has contributed to media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.

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