Overview

The heroic story of Pussy Riot, who resurrected the power of truth in a society built on lies On 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.

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"""Illuminating...[A] revelatory introduction to the story."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Pussy Riot is a global cause célèbre, and now Gessen--prickly, frank, precise, and sharply witty--provides the first in-depth look at this story-in-progress."" -- ""Booklist (starred review)"" ""Urgent...damning...Much here will be new to the American reader. All of it is infuriating."" -- ""New York Times"""

""Illuminating...[A] revelatory introduction to the story."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Pussy Riot is a global cause célèbre, and now Gessen--prickly, frank, precise, and sharply witty--provides the first in-depth look at this story-in-progress."" -- ""Booklist (starred review)"" ""Urgent...damning...Much here will be new to the American reader. All of it is infuriating."" -- ""New York Times""

"""Illuminating...[A] revelatory introduction to the story."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Pussy Riot is a global cause c�l�bre, and now Gessen--prickly, frank, precise, and sharply witty--provides the first in-depth look at this story-in-progress."" -- ""Booklist (starred review)"" ""Urgent...damning...Much here will be new to the American reader. All of it is infuriating."" -- ""New York Times"""

Author Information

Masha Gessen is a staff writer at the New Yorker and the author of several books, among them The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. The recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Carnegie Fellowship, Gessen teaches at Amherst College and lives in New York City. Carrington MacDuffie is a voice actor, recording artist, poet, and spoken-word performer who has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has been a frequent finalist for the Audie Award, including for her original audiobook Many Things Invisible. In addition to her narration work, she has released an album of original songs entitled Only an Angel. She has recited and performed her poetry at venues ranging from L.A. coffeehouses to the museums and poetry festivals of the Northwest. She served for several years as poetry editor of the literary journal Square Lake, where she enjoyed discovering and publishing unknown writers alongside of literary notables.

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