A Russian journal, John Steinbeck ; with photographs by Robert. Capa ; with an introduction by Susan Shillinglaw.

A Russian journal, John Steinbeck ; with photographs by Robert. p. c. (Penguin twentieth-century classics). Originally published: New York : Viking, 1948. In many ways, that is what John Steinbeck had been doing quite successfully for twenty years, writing books about ordinary people: paisanos, Oklahoma migrants, enlisted men in World War II, Mexican peasants. A Russian Journal does not sound the epic chords of The Grapes of Wrath, certainly, but it has some of that book’s empathy and humanity.

Steinbeck John His quest, and that of photographer Robert Capa who accompanied him, was to. .

His quest, and that of photographer Robert Capa who accompanied him, was to discover the "great other side," the "private life of the Russian people.

Robert Capa Robert Capa and John Steinbeck. August to September, 1947. License. Following the end of World War II, growing tensions between the Soviet Union, under Stalin’s Communist rule, and the United States, culminated in the beginning of the Cold War.

A Russian Journal book. It coincided with a time when author John Steinbeck and world-renowned photographer Robert Capa were at a loss for what to do next. A scheme was hatched up to do a bit of light investigative journalism and see what was up with post-war Russia. This wasn't political, so much as a social call. Steinbeck and Capa really just wanted to see what was going on in the lives and minds of the people. Right after WWII people in America were curious about the Soviet Union in a big way.

With photographs by Robert Capa With an Introduction by Susan Shillinglaw

With photographs by Robert Capa With an Introduction by Susan Shillinglaw. Published by the Penguin Group.

Steinbeck’s A Russian Journal, first published in April 1948, like The Log from the Sea of Cortez, originally . Steinbeck is so likeable. His relationship with Robert Capa is comical. I was thrilled to read Capa's perspective as well. What a duo they were!

Steinbeck’s A Russian Journal, first published in April 1948, like The Log from the Sea of Cortez, originally published three years later, in 1951, was a collaborative effort. Whereas the former was a collaboration between a writer and a photographer, the latter was that of journalist and scientist. What a duo they were!

Steinbeck and Capa have a great chemistry going on that flows throughout their travels

Rather than Parisian cafe's Steinbeck and photographer Robert Capa travel to and within Russia in 1947 with the intent to debunk. Steinbeck and Capa have a great chemistry going on that flows throughout their travels Читать весь отзыв.

American novelist John Steinbeck, together with famed Hungarian-born war photographer Robert Capa . In this climate, it is worth revisiting A Russian Journal by the remarkable American novelist John Steinbeck from 1948.

American novelist John Steinbeck, together with famed Hungarian-born war photographer Robert Capa, visited the Soviet Union in 1947 on the very eve of the Cold Wa. Together with famed Hungarian-born war photographer Robert Capa (born Endre Friedman), Steinbeck visited the Soviet Union in 1947 at the very outset of the Cold War. While the Soviet Union was destroyed more than 25 years ago by the Stalinist bureaucracy, the experiences of the Second World War continue to shape the consciousness of millions in the former USSR.

Steinbeck and Capa recorded the grim realities of factory workers, government clerks, and peasants, as they emerged from the rubble of World War II. Like the characters of Steinbeck’s fiction, these Russian portraits are endowed with a basic human nobility

Steinbeck and Capa recorded the grim realities of factory workers, government clerks, and peasants, as they emerged from the rubble of World War II. Like the characters of Steinbeck’s fiction, these Russian portraits are endowed with a basic human nobility. Through it all, as the travelers cope with train delays and cramped lodgings, we are given intimate glimpses of the two artists at the height of their powers, answering their need to document human struggle. Wonderfully illustrated with 70 photographs, A Russian Journal is a classic piece of reportage and travel writing.