Between Two Fires

Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia

Joshua Yaffa (author)

In this penetrating exploration of contemporary Russia, Joshua Yaffa meets a variety of Russians - from politicians and entrepreneurs to artists and historians - who have built their careers and constructed their identities in the shadow of the Putin system. Torn between their own ambitions and the omnipresent demands of the state, each has found that compromise is essential for survival and success. Between Two Fires is an intimate and probing portrait of a nation much discussed but little understood, and an urgent lesson about the nature of modern authoritarianism.

Joshua Yaffa is a correspondent for The New Yorker in Moscow, where he has lived for the last eight years. He has been a fellow at the New America foundation, a finalist for the Livingston Award, a visiting scholar at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, and a grantee of the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Granta (7 Jan. 2021)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781783783724
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm