Anna Politkovskaya: No to Fear (They Said No)

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Synopsis
The deeply researched and partly imagined story of the fearless, internationally recognized journalist who was assassinated for believing that &‘words can save lives.&’ Say No to Fear, part of the They Said No series of histories, tells the story of Anna Politkovskaya&’s courageous life narrated from the perspective of her longtime mentor and friend, the dissident writer Vassily Pachoutinsev. From their first meeting when she was a young literature student writing about poet Marina Tsvetaeva to her rise as an internationally recognized journalist, through Vassily we see Anna develop from junior reporter, to covering social issues after the fall of the Soviet Union, to becoming a fearless defender of human rights. Throughout the author brings the history to life by including key conversations that might have happened between them at pivotal moments in Politkovskaya&’s life. A scathing critic of the second Chechen war, Politkovskaya published most of her political work while working at the Novaya Gazeta, a newspaper at the forefront of the fight for free expression in Russia. For their outspokenness several members of its staff were murdered, presumably silenced by Russia's Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Even after a poisoning attack and a mock execution, Politkovskaya persisted, adamant in her fight for her children's and grandchildren&’s world, critiquing the situation in Chechnya and Putin until her assassination in 2006. The narrator, Pachoutinsev, explains how her legacy lives on, inspiring those in pursuit of justice and the truth both in Russia and abroad.
Copyright:
2016

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
96 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781644211311
Related ISBNs:
9781644211304
Publisher:
Seven Stories Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Actes Sud
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Children's Books, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
Grade Levels:
Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade
Reading Age:
10–14
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:
Alison L. Strayer

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