Nothing But the Truth
Selected Dispatches
translated by Arch Tait
Harvill Secker
London, 2010
Hardback GBP 18.99
$Can 36.95
ISBN 978-1-846-55239-7
468 pages
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Nothing But the Truth is a defining collection of Anna Politkovskaya’s best writing for Novaya gazeta, published between 1999 and 2006. Her dispatches demonstrate the great breadth of her reportage, from the Chechen wars to domestic Russian affairs, the Moscow theatre hostage-taking in which she became involved, the Beslan school siege, and pieces about politicians, oligarchs and ordinary citizens.
She gives illuminating accounts of interviews and encounters with western leaders including Lionel Jospin, Tony Blair, George W. Bush, and exiled figures including Boris Berezovsky, Akhmed Zakayev, and Vladimir Bukovsky. Her non-political writing is also represented here, revealing her delightful personality, as are international reactions to her murder.
“Like all great investigative reporters, Anna Politkovskaya brought forward human truths that rewrote the official story. We will continue to read her, and learn from her, for years.”
Salman Rushdie
“The risks she took were terrifying but the intense reality she portrays is breathtaking.”
Jon Snow
“Her murder is a ghastly act, and an attack on world literature.”
Nadine Gordimer
“Beyond mourning her, it would be more seemly to remember her by taking note of what she wrote.”
James Meek
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