“Brilliant and sobering.writing in fluent English, with formidable powers of synthesis and a mordant wit, Gessen follows the misfortunes of four Russians who have lived most of their lives under Putin.Gessen vividly chronicles the story of a mortal struggle.” - Newsday But in her latest book, Future Is History, she never mentions America’s problems. Here, instead, she examines what is wrong in her native country and lets readers, wide-eyed, draw the parallels." -Christian Science Monitor “Gessen, the sterling Russian-American journalist and activist, has been outspoken in recent press articles about the threat of totalitarianism in America. “Starting with the decline, if not the disintegration, of the Soviet regime, Masha Gessen’s The Future is History tracks totalitarianism through the lens of generation raised in post-Communist Russia.” - Vanity Fair, "Hot Type" “One of Putin’s most fearless and dogged critics tracks the devastating descent of post-Soviet Russia into authoritarianism and kleptocracy through the lives of four disillusioned citizens.” - Esquire “ essential reportage traces her homeland’s political devolution through the dramatic real stories of four citizens who now face ‘a new set of impossible choices.’” –O Magazine
You feel right there on the streets.” -Washington Post It helps that Gessen is a participant, and not just an observer, able to translate that world adeptly for Western readers. are its keen observations about Russia from the point of view of those experiencing its return to a heavy-handed state. By far Gessen’s best book, a sweeping intellectual history of Russia over the past four decades, told through a Tolstoyan gallery of characters. “Ambitious, timely, insightful and unsparing. Her analysis of Putin’s malevolent administration is just as effective.a harrowing, compassionate and important book.” -San Francisco Chronicle
“A remarkable portrait of an ever-shifting era.Gessen weaves her characters’ stories into a seamless, poignant whole. "Fascinating and deeply felt." - The New York Times Book Review
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