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Subject: Re: [Leica] "A Russian Journal" by Steinbeck and Capa
From: "Nathan Wajsman (private)" <nathanw@bluewin.ch>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 18:34:55 +0200
References: <001701c32135$9284dcf0$0316fea9@ccasony01>

Hi BD,

The edition I have is a Penguin Classics reprint from 2000, so I believe 
it is in print. I bought it in London a couple of months ago, right off 
the shelf at Foyles, one of the major bookstores. ISBN is 0-14-118633-X.

I forgot to mention in my original post that some of the most 
interesting stuff in the book is Steinbeck's description of Capa and 
vice versa--yes, Capa wrote on, albeit brief, chapter.

Cheers,
Nathan

bdcolen wrote:
> Hi, Nathan - Is the book still in print? I read about it recently in a
> relatively new biography of Capa and it piqued my interest. Who's the
> publisher, if it is still available?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> B. D.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Nathan
> Wajsman (private)
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 6:13 PM
> To: LUG
> Subject: [Leica] "A Russian Journal" by Steinbeck and Capa
> 
> 
> 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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