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A Russian Journal

by John Steinbeck
Robert Capa
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Steinbeck and Capa’s account of their journey through Cold War Russia is a classic piece of reportage and travel writing.

Featuring newly reset, high-resolution black and white photography by Robert Capa
A Penguin Classic
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appeared in 1948, A Russian Journal is the distillation of their journey and remains a remarkable memoir and unique historical document.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.
Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 1, 1999

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781440657504

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      • ISBN: 9781440657504
      • File size: 54512 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 7.6
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 6

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      February 1, 2000
      After the Iron Curtain was established following World War II, Steinbeck, along with photographer Bob Capa, ventured into the Soviet Union on behalf of the New York Herald Tribune. This 1948 volume collects the full run of his reports with numerous pictures.

      Copyright 2000 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:7.6
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:6

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