{"product_id":"russia-which-way-paradise-by-monica-attard","title":"'Russia: Which Way Paradise?' by Monica Attard","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"340\"\u003eMonica Attard’s \u003cem data-start=\"28\" data-end=\"57\"\u003eRussia: Which Way Paradise?\u003c\/em\u003e is a first-hand account of Russia in the years immediately after the Soviet collapse. \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"960\"\u003eAttard was the ABC’s Moscow correspondent from 1990 to 1994, which gives this book its real value. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eShe covers the period when old certainties had fallen apart, capitalism had arrived like a drunk locksmith, and nobody quite knew whether the new world was liberation, looting, theatre, or all three at once. It is not a tidy retrospective written from safe historical distance, but a reporter’s account from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"960\"\u003eShe covers Gorbachev’s final years, the 1991 coup, the collapse of the Communist Party, Yeltsin’s rise, and the social confusion that followed — politics, poverty, nationalism, black markets, private grief, public spectacle. A very good one for readers interested in post-Soviet history, political transition, journalism, and the horror of watching a nation improvise itself in real time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"960\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoubleday hardback, 1997. First published in hardback in Australia and New Zealand in 1997; full number line present. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Good second-hand condition, with visible cover and edge wear, light rubbing\/marking, and general age toning.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44776092860499,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-29T134431.813.png?v=1780026294","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/russia-which-way-paradise-by-monica-attard","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}