- Hardcover: 1 pages
- Publisher: Viking USA (Jan 5 1989)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0670819514
- ISBN-13: 978-0670819515
- Product Dimensions: 30.5 x 22.4 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,942,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A stunning photographic document,
By Mackinnon "on the move" (Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Divided Twins Alaska And Siberia (Hardcover)
Working each in his own country, but with a unity of vision, Russian writer Yevgeny Yevtushenko and American photographer Boyd Norton produced this amazing collection. Hundreds of photos of Eastern Siberia (mostly the Bering Sea region, which was closed to foreign visitors in most of Soviet times) and Alaska bring out wildlife, people, human culture and landscapes, and what photos! The colours and the sense of space are glorious - it's obvious that Yevtushenko is no mean photographer - and even if it's full of stunning scenery, you never feel that the camera is going for the "postcard beautiful". It just taps the power of the surroundings. Some of the pictures have an archaic feeling and reminds one that they would have looked like this if taken a million years ago, but in most, man is at the centre - people working, looking at the landscape, or their houses scattered around the place. Yevtushenko also brings a powerful series of portraits of people of his Siberian hometown; they have a quiet dignity and sense of of experience. There's also a bunch of his poems about the people of Siberia, of his childhood, and of the historical tragedies this country has witnessed ("The accidentless captain", "A personal letter from the Generalissimo" - i.e. Stalin). The poems are printed in Russian original and in a vivid English translation.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautifully Captured, the wilds of Siberia and Alaska,
By Jim Griggs (Heartland of America) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Divided Twins Alaska And Siberia (Hardcover)
Exceptional book showing the similarities and differences between both the scenery and the people (habitats) of old world Siberia and New World Alaska. I bought this volume new several years ago when I was trying to learn a little Russian prior to a trip to Moscow. It didn't help but I would not part with the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A stunning photographic document,
By Mackinnon "on the move" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Divided Twins Alaska And Siberia (Hardcover)
Working each in his own country, but with a unity of vision, Russian writer Yevgeny Yevtushenko and American photographer Boyd Norton produced this amazing collection. Hundreds of photos of Eastern Siberia (mostly the Bering Sea region, which was closed to foreign visitors in most of Soviet times) and Alaska bring out wildlife, people, human culture and landscapes, and what photos! The colours and the sense of space are glorious - it's obvious that Yevtushenko is no mean photographer - and even if it's full of stunning scenery, you never feel that the camera is going for the "postcard beautiful". It just taps the power of the surroundings. Some of the pictures have an archaic feeling and reminds one that they would have looked like this if taken a million years ago, but in most, man is at the centre - people working, looking at the landscape, or their houses scattered around the place. Yevtushenko also brings a powerful series of portraits of people of his Siberian hometown; they have a quiet dignity and sense of of experience. There's also a bunch of his poems about the people of Siberia, of his childhood, and of the historical tragedies this country has witnessed ("The accidentless captain", "A personal letter from the Generalissimo" - i.e. Stalin). The poems are printed in Russian original and in a vivid English translation. 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautifully Captured, the wilds of Siberia and Alaska,
By Jim Griggs - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Divided Twins Alaska And Siberia (Hardcover)
Exceptional book showing the similarities and differences between both the scenery and the people (habitats) of old world Siberia and New World Alaska. I bought this volume new several years ago when I was trying to learn a little Russian prior to a trip to Moscow. It didn't help but I would not part with the book.
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