{"product_id":"a-russian-journal-john-steinbeck-9780141180199","title":"A Russian Journal","description":"\u003cb\u003eSteinbeck and Capa's account of their journey through Cold War Russia is a classic piece of reportage and travel writing. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e. 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, \u003cb\u003eA Russian Journal\u003c\/b\u003e is the distillation of their journey and remains a remarkable memoir and unique historical document.\u003cp\u003eWhat they saw and movingly recorded in words and on film was what Steinbeck called \"the great other side there ...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, \u003cb\u003eA Russian Journal\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThrough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Steinbeck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0141180196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141180199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.14w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e58695 \/ Russian Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2000 pg. 122","brand":"John Steinbeck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049407574271,"sku":"9780141180199","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b93f87e-e74b-4e50-b519-37c563d30001.jpg?v=1685001406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-russian-journal-john-steinbeck-9780141180199","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}