Nothing But the Truth: Selected Dispatches - Hardcover

Politkovskaya, Anna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846552397 ISBN 13: 9781846552397

Publisher: Harvill Secker, 2010

Synopsis

Until her murder in October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya wrote for the Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta. She won international fame for her reporting on the Chechen wars and, more generally, on Russian state corruption. Nothing but the Truth is a defining collection of Anna Politkovskaya’s best writing for Novaya gazeta, published between 1999 and 2006. Beginning with a brief introduction by the author about her pariah status, Nothing but the Truth demonstrates the great breadth of her reportage, from the Chechen wars to domestic Russian affairs, the Moscow theatre hostage-taking in which she became involved, the Beslan school siege, and pieces about politicians, oligarchs and ordinary citizens. Elsewhere are illuminating accounts of interviews and encounters with western leaders including Lionel Jospin, Tony Blair, George W. Bush, and exiled figures including Boris Berezovsky, Akhmed Zakaev, and Vladimir Bukovsky. Her non-political writing is also represented here, revealing her delightful personality, as are international reactions to her murder. Nothing but the Truth will also stand as a tribute to Anna Politkovskaya’s matter-of-fact personal courage, disclosing information glossed over or omitted completely about the dangers she faced and the threats she received in the course of her work. It is a lasting and inspiring book from one of the great reporters of our age.

About this title

Review:

'the dispatches selected for this volume...make for a compelling body of work' --Independent

"Shows her strength as a chronicler... Her eye for detail was unfailing."
--FT

haunting compilation --Observer, February 2010

`There is some remarkable court reporting. Proceedings to bring one mass murderer to justice are brought brilliantly to life. --The Oldie

Dead or alive, she demands to be read and heard and trusted...'
-- The Oldie, Andrew Hosken

`an impressive testimony to the most courageous form of journalism- dedicated to unearthing inconvenient facts and making uncomfortable arguments.'
--Financial Times

Book Description:

A wide-ranging and lasting collection of writing by one of the most outstanding and courageous reporters of our era.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvill Secker
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1846552397
• ISBN 13: 9781846552397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480