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Lädt ... In Putins Russland (2004)von Anna Politkovskaya
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Leggere adesso il libro che Anna Politkovskaja scrisse quasi vent'anni fa mostra come sia stato profetico. Basti citare questa frase: "La nuova ideologia di Stato, letale per l’individuo. Putin l’ha illustrata più volte. E suona all’incirca così: «Non aspettatevi che le perdite ci frenino. Non lo faranno. Nemmeno se dovessero essere altissime.»" e vedere cosa è successo in Ucraina. Né credo che la situazione in Russia sia poi così cambiata in questi anni: i fatti raccontati nel libro, non solo quelle come il massacro (e soprattutto il post-massacro) del Nord-Ost ma anche le storie di ordinaria miseria come quelle della Kamčatka, non sono certo rimasti roba del passato. Perché allora do un voto così basso? Semplice: non è scritto bene. Lo so, Politkovskaja è stata assassinata perché "scomoda", e il testo è senza dubbio impressionante e dovrebbe essere letto da tutti; ma la prosa è davvero pesante, con continui interventi che più che rafforzare il messaggio infastidiscono il lettore. Mi sa anche che la traduzione di Claudia Zonchetti non abbia aiutato. Una frase a caso: "[...] il cui presidente – il signor Toršin – è stato ricevuto al Cremlino per ascoltare da Putin i consigli del caso." In italiano corrente diremmo "Il cui presidente Toršin". (Ah: nel colophon è indicato il titolo inglese e non dall'originale russo Путинская Россия... però Zonghetti il russo dovrebbe saperlo. Mistero.) Se aggiungiamo il fatto che Adelphi, che vista l'invasione dell'Ucraina ha ristampato in fretta e furia il libro, non ha nemmeno sentito il bisogno di aggiungere una cronologia di quanto successo nel ventennio successivo capirete che non posso davvero dargli di più. I've signally failed here. I read maybe 30 pages of this, to find that it is so horrifying I can't stand to continue. And then again, I've failed with Winter is Coming by Garry Kasparov because his style makes me distrust everything he says. I'm moving on from both. I spent a lot of time with my Russian friend Genia, before she died, talking about Russia. Both being historians, we seemed to think in similar ways and we found allies in each other. May the world produce two - or one hundred - Politkovskayas for each one that is murdered. If she has inspired others to carry on her work, then her life and death have not been in vain. We should all pray that is so. I've signally failed here. I read maybe 30 pages of this, to find that it is so horrifying I can't stand to continue. And then again, I've failed with Winter is Coming by Garry Kasparov because his style makes me distrust everything he says. I'm moving on from both. I spent a lot of time with my Russian friend Genia, before she died, talking about Russia. Both being historians, we seemed to think in similar ways and we found allies in each other. May the world produce two - or one hundred - Politkovskayas for each one that is murdered. If she has inspired others to carry on her work, then her life and death have not been in vain. We should all pray that is so. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Former KGB spy Vladimir Putin, named Prime Minister of Russia in 1999 and, one year later, President, has been something of a media darling in the West, having successfully marketed himself as an enlightened leader with both feet planted firmly on the Eastern borders of Europe. Anti-establishment journalist and human-rights activist Anna Politkovskaya disagrees strenuously with this point of view. In her new book, she trains her steely gaze on, as she puts at, Putin 'without the rapture'. From her privileged vantage-point at the heart of Russian current affairs, Politkovskaya reports from behind the scenes, dismantling both Putin the man and Putin the brand name, arguing that he is a power-hungry product of his own history in the security forces and so unable to prevent himself from stifling dissent and other civil liberties at every turn. After centuries of living under tyrants, Politkovskaya argues, this is not what contemporary Russians want. The book is, however, not simply a biography or an analysis of Putin's presidency. Politkovskaya's writing is known for its humanity and its passion, and her focus is on individual human beings and their stories. As she puts it, 'my book is jottings made on the margins of life in Russia. For the time being, I cannot analyse that existence. I'm just living and noting what I see.' So her readers are treated to expos-s of mafia dealings and scandals in the provinces, of corruption in the military and the judiciary, of the decline of the dissident intelligentsia and concomitant rise of street traders, and of the truth behind the Moscow theatre siege. Other shocking stories fill out an intimate portrait of nascent civil institutions being subverted under the unquestioning eyes of the West. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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