
A Russian Journal
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Richard Poe
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John Steinbeck
Steinbeck and Capa's account of their journey through Cold War Russia is a classic piece of reportage and travel writing.
Just after the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This rare opportunity took the famous travelers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad - now Volgograd - but through the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. Hailed by the New York Times as "superb" when it first appeared in 1948, A Russian Journal is the distillation of their journey and remains a remarkable memoir and unique historical document.
What they saw and movingly recorded in words and on film was what Steinbeck called "the great other side there... the private life of the Russian people." Unlike other Western reporting about Russia at the time, A Russian Journal is free of ideological obsessions. Rather, Steinbeck and Capa recorded the grim realities of factory workers, government clerks, and peasants, as they emerged from the rubble of World War II - represented here in Capa's stirring photographs alongside Steinbeck's masterful prose.
Through it all, we are given intimate glimpses of two artists at the height of their powers, answering their need to document human struggle. This edition features an introduction by Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw. ©1948 John Steinbeck (P)2014 Penguin Audio
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One is that John Steinbeck’s writing never disappoints. It is clever, simple, precise, and oftentimes really funny.
Another reason is that the book glimpses a small but important slice of Russian/Soviet reality soon after the WWII.
The next reason is that Steinbeck traveled to different republics of then huge country of the USSR and wonderfully described his experiences.
The last reason is the feeling of pure joy that a reader gets from Steinbeck’s kind-hearted and often self-deprecating humor. He seems to have had a quality of contagious humanity. What can I say - that’s why he is one of my most beloved authors!
I do recommend this book. A lot.
Another delightful work by my favorite author
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An Excellent Account
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Great moments
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Into the Unknown
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a great story, well read worth a listen
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My first Steinbeck.
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Times haven’t changed
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That exception is his focus on the “ common man “
I’ve read and studied quite a bit of classic Russian authors and recent focuses on Gorbachev and Putin .
What’s wonderful about this work is , once again, the people behind the leaders, politics and headlines .
The ending , last two paragraphs or so , to this book is a lesson for the ages .
At the end of the day the peoples of our earth are more alike than dissimilar
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Another. Great story
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Brilliant Mind of John Steinbeck
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