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Subject: Re: [Leica] "A Russian Journal" by Steinbeck and Capa
From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 19:31:01 -0500
References: <3ECD4B75.2080906@bluewin.ch>

My paperback version looks like it was published in Russia. Terrible quality.

At 07:56 PM 5/22/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Nathan - I don't know if i started the thread or just chimed in but it
>IS a nice little read.  The perfect vacation book.  It captures a mood 
>that is historical.  My paperback version doesn't do justice to Capa's 
>photos but is still interesting.
>
>Ernie Nitka
>On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 06:13 PM, Nathan Wajsman (private) wrote:
>
>>Some time ago someone here recommended the above book, and I picked it up 
>>at Foyles in London a couple of month ago. This evening I finished 
>>reading it and can heartily recommend it to all lovers of good writing 
>>and good photography. For those who are not familiar with it, the book is 
>>an account of a trip Steinbeck and Capa made to the Soviet Union in the 
>>summer of 1947. Their purpose was simply to see how ordinary Russian 
>>lived, with little or no political overtones (insofar as that is 
>>possible). They spent a couple of months in Moscow, Kiev, Georgia. While 
>>Capa's photographs are of variable quality, not helped by paperback 
>>reproduction, the combination of the pictures with Steinbeck's wonderful 
>>writing is simply fantastic. At the end of the day it is clear that what 
>>they saw was highly arranged, and Steinbeck is clearly aware of that, but 
>>nonetheless the book is extremely enjoyable.
>>
>>Nathan
>>
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