A Russian Journal

A classic work of reportage from John Steinbeck and famed war photojournalist Robert Capa. Just as the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Steinbeck and Capa began a remarkable journey through the Soviet Union. Their travels took them to Moscow and Stalingrad - now Volgograd - and the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. What they saw and movingly recorded was what Steinbeck called the great other side, the ordinary lives of Russian men and women. Combining Steinbecks compassion, humour and eye for detail with Capas superb photographic studies, A Russian Journal is a unique portrait of Russia and its people as they emerged from the ravages of war. Here too is an intimate glimpse of two great artists at work.