''Beslan: The Tragedy of School No 1'' is a 2008 book written by Timothy "Tim" Phillips and published by

Granta Books ''Granta'' is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and m ...

. It discusses the

Beslan school siege The Beslan school siege (also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis or the Beslan massacre) was a terrorist attack that started on 1 September 2004, lasted three days, involved the imprisonment of more than 1,100 people as hostages ( ...

of 2004. This was Phillips's first book.- Posted online May 20, 2010. Phillips stated that residents of Beslan initially had a negative attitude towards him as they did towards other journalists, but that their attitudes improved. The book describes the history of the

North Caucasus The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...

and the siege itself.

Reception

Andrey Kurkov Andrey Yuryevich Kurkov ( uk, Андрій Юрійович Курков; russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич Курко́в; born 23 April 1961 in Leningrad, USSR) is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual who writes in Russian. He is ...

wrote in ''

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'' that ''Beslan'' is "such an important work for any reader who wishes to understand what is happening in the North Caucasus" due to the "frankness" of the interview subjects. '' Kirkus Reviews'' describes it as "A disturbing account of fundamentalism’s lethal power." ''

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

'' stated "Phillips's debut is an admirable record of a tragedy rapidly being forgotten."

References

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