In The Future Is History, Gessen follows the lives of four people born at what promised to be the dawn of democracy. Each of them came of age with unprecedented expectations, some as the children and grandchildren of the very architects of the new Russia, each with newfound aspirations of their own- as entrepreneurs, activists, thinkers, and writers. Powerful and urgent, this is a cautionary tale for our time and for all time. Winner of the 2017 National Book Award in Nonfiction.