About this title: Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe 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. A ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Date Published: 10/1/1989
ISBN-13:9781557782250ISBN:1557782253
Description: Fine. 1557782253 SHIPPING DAILY Gently read with very minimal wear overall. No writing or marking noted. PLEASE CHOOSE EXPEDITED SHIPPING OPTION FOR FASTER SERVICE. Ware's Creek Bookstop has been selling books and other top quality items online for the past 10 years, buy with confidence that you will receive excellent turnaround time, safe shipping and quality merchandise. We have donated 1000's of books to local schools, seniors, libraries and more-thanks to your continued patronage-thank you ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780141180199ISBN:0141180196
Description: New. 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 photographe... read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, New York
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780141186337ISBN:014118633X
Description: Near Fine. Spine lightly creased with slight lean, some light hand-rubbing to white covers bnear edges, prev owner name 1st page o/w clean and solid. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1970
Description: Fair in n/a jacket. Paperback. Sound & good copy, light to moderate rubbing/edgewear to wraps, stamped, yellowing to wraps, tape to lower spine, lean to spine, first inside page has minor tearing. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1970
Description: Fair in n/a jacket. Paperback. Sound & good copy, mild creasing, light to moderate shelf/reading wear, stamped, lean to spine, soiling to wraps. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780141186337ISBN:014118633X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 240 pages. (240 pages) a memoir that takes not only to moscow and stalingrad (now volgograd) but through the countryside of the ukraine and the caucasus. it shows how robert capa recorded the grim realities of factory workers, government clerks, and peasants, as they emerged from the rubble of world war ii. illustrations (Paperback) read more
Description: Bantam Books, 1970. 2nd printing of the 1st Mass market edition. 65 B&W photos by Robert Capa. Bantam # N 4886. Very Good+ but for two thin spine reading creases, short crease bottom front of the cover. Tight and clean throughout, no markings or names. Nobel-winning author's 'penetrating and affectionate account'. read more
Description: Good. 8vo. Hardcover, 1948. The usual ex-library treatments are present. Original blue cloth with tan spine. 220 pages. Text, with black and white photos by Robert Capa. Exterior is sturdy, with light wear. Small tears at spine ends. Some color fading. Dampness discoloration along back bottoom edge, does not penetrate. Textblock is good, with strong binding and clean pages. Nicely toned. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectable Books section at Better World Books. 100% Satisfaction ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 1999-12-01
ISBN-13:9780141180199ISBN:0141180196
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780141180199ISBN:0141180196
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Edition: Pbk ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9781557782250ISBN:1557782253
Description: Capa, Robert. New. No dust jacket as issued. Large paragon version with photos by Robert Capa. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
"I had never been tempted to read Steinbeck's nonfiction, though I love his fiction. After reading A Russian Journal I want to read Travels with Charley. Having a personal connection to Ukraine, it was so interesting to have an American's account of this region just after World War II. His most amusing observation was that Russians were almost irritatingly moral - no makeup, no high style, and no inebriation! That observation is completely opposite from what I observed in 21st century Ukraine.
Steinbeck's descriptions of Georgia were enticing. I regret not visiting that country when I was living so close to it.
My only disappointment was that more of Capa's photographs weren't included."
"Really enjoyed reading this. I'm a big fan of Frank Capa (life AND work--but mostly jealous of his life); so it was cool to see his pictures along with Steinbeck's writing. I particularly liked their gossipy comments on each other. A real "buddy" book; but also an interesting study in what Russia was really like behind the curtain in the late 1940s."
"John Steinbeck and his friend photographer Robert Capa go to Russia and publish, upon return, a travelogue with accompanying photos, in 1948, adding to the mystery I see in Steinbeck's politics. He goes, he explains, not out of any political reason or to discuss politics, but to learn who the everyday Russian people are, how they live, what they eat, what they are like. He concludes, "Well, there it is. It's about what we went for. We found, as we had suspected, that the Russian people are people, and with other people, are very nice. The ones we met had a hatred of war, they wanted the same things all people want - good lives, increased comfort, security and peace."
If there is an outward motivation, it is this expressed antipathy for war. There is also running joke about the large monuments to Stalin and constant troubles with bureaucracy which Capa & Steinbeck name the Kremlin's Gremlin. It is a friendly jab at Communist Government that renders the situation quite innocent. At the end of the work, Steinbeck proclaims, "We knew nothing about the things American papers were howling about - Russian military preparations, atomic research, slave labor, the political skullduggery of the Kremlin - we had no information about this things. . . If there were large military preparations, we didn't see them . . On the other hand, we had not come as spies" (213).
Clearly there are some left liberal intentions in going to Russia in 1948 and humanizing the Russian people and the Russian way of life. Yet clearly as well, this is no Communist Party line. What exactly was he thinking? Was he really the left-liberal independent maverick he proclaims himself to be? Where does this fit with his response to the New Deal in the 1930s and his (in my opinion) bizarre response to the 1960s captured in Travels with Charley - a travelogue of the U.S.?
That said, a great deal of the book is spent describing the food Steinbeck and Capa eat, comments on the relative prettiness or ugliness of each woman they encounter (and frequent bemoaning of the lack of mascara), or humorous antidotes about the strain that Capa and Steinbeck's friendship surely undergoes."
"Great account of Steinbeck and Capa's journey to post WWII Russia, where they basically wandered around talking to people and drinking vodka, trying to find the heart of what life was really like over there. Capa and Steinbeck made good companions, sometimes griping at each others' artistic habits. Entertaining and very informing."
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