A review by skunkape77
A Russian Journal by John Steinbeck

5.0

So I knew about this book simply because I love John Steinbeck but had no real interest in reading it. Then I started reading about communism and the Russian Revolution and wanted to know what life was like in Russia during that time. I never even really thought about it but I was skimming through Steinbeck books to find something to read and saw this and my mind was blown. Steinbeck went to Russia after WWII during the beginning of the Cold War to learn what life was like in Russia and report in as accurate/unbiased a way as he could. I think he succeeded. He paints a picture of what life was like for the average person in Soviet Russia without making either the USA or Russia seem like the bad guy or the good guy. Absolutely riveting read if you have the set of interests I do. I finished it in two sittings. And now I want to go to Georgia...