Martha gessen putin biography
National Book Award winner Masha Gessen's biography of a ruthless man's ascent to near-absolute power.!
Masha Gessen's fearless account charts Putin's rise from the boy who had scrapped his way through post-war Leningrad schoolyards, to the 'faceless' man.
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
2012 book by Masha Gessen
First edition | |
| Author | Masha Gessen |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | The rise and reign of Vladimir Putin |
| Published | March 2012 |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 342 |
| ISBN | 9781594488429 |
| Website | www.penguinrandomhouse.com |
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin is a 2012 book by Masha Gessen about Vladimir Putin and his rise to power and reign.
Gessen's analysis of Putin is mostly speculative, but they carefully investigate his own revealing accounts of his life, and they use interviews with people who knew Putin, before he rose to power, to form their conclusions.[1][2]
Content
The book describes Vladimir Putin's early life, including his relationship with his parents and his school life under a communist government.
Gessen uses Putin's early years to show