Explore the Adventures of Tintin in the Soviet Union with "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets"

jan: v good

United Kingdom on Dec 23, 2023

Book Lover: This is the best book in the Tintin series. It's not in color, but it contains the origin of Tintin and Snowy, and we can see the combination of adventure and slapstick humor that made the series famous. Best off all, it completely lampoons and humiliates communism in a way that is both entertaining and educational for children.

United States on Dec 05, 2023

karolina carrillo aguilarkarolina carrillo aguilar: Muy linda, buenos dibujos, tamaño perfecto y la historieta super divertida y entretenida

United States on Oct 23, 2023

Alaa: With the exception of "Tintin and ALPH-ART, i know have the complete set. at the age of 61 years old, still love love and read Tintin and his adventures.

United States on Sep 11, 2022

Lucas Rossi: I think most reviewers here on Amazon did a good job on clarifying the context in which this work was created. A minority, however, seems to be composed of apologists for communism who don't like the true colors of bolshevism exposed.
Judging this work by today's standards would be akin to criticizing Destination Moon for the way it portrays rocket ships and space travel.
This is a comic strip, not a faithful representation of reality - expect exaggerations and simplifications to convey a greater point of view: that the Soviet Union's foundations were based on lies told by the communists, and that to maintain those lies a lot of work was done in the form of suppression, intimidation, misdirection and propaganda. Did Hergè perhaps go a bit too far? Yes - Tintin would've been thrown in a gulag somewhere and that would be the end of it. Not too much of a story, then. But the overall context becomes very clear once you read Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, which I highly recommend.
If you like Tintin, this is a must-have for your collection, period. For kids, I'd suggest at least 9 or 10 y/o, preceded by some context about what communism is, as it can...

United States on Feb 07, 2022

Aldo Davanzo: bel libro e molto interessante

Italy on May 29, 2021

Nicolas: Very interesting to read, if you know a bit about 1930s in USSR, you’ll love this Tintin issue!! I like it so much that I’m looking forward to read on the topic, especially to read the book on which this comics was based on.

Canada on Feb 07, 2021

Arpan Banerjee: Hi All,
This is an extremely biased review. Please find the same below:
Pros of owning this book:
1. This is not only a book, this is a treasure.
2. You can show off to your friends, and they will envy your happiness.
3. You can read it from time to time to forget the worries of this world.
4. Yes, the binding is good and no, I do not want the pictures in colour, they are just fine, thank you.
Cons:
1. Your family, might think, you are going bonkers.
2. Your friends, might laugh at your inner child, but who cares.
3. This might set you on a dangerous road, a road which will only end, when you have collected the last of the TinTin books. So beware of that temptation.

India on Aug 26, 2020

Tom Vouga: Gostei do produto

Brazil on Jul 11, 2019

Giant Panda: For a long time I owned all the Tintins depicted on the back cover of âaeThe Adventures of Tintinâ and thought I had it all, until I learned about the existence of 3 other titles: âaeTintin in the Congo,â âaeTintin Et Lâ(tm)Alph-Artâ (his very last unfinished work), and this one, which happens to be his very first Tintin Adventure. Naturally, I quickly obtained all three.

This being the very first Tintin ever, it is a remarkable work and is a must have for any Tintin lover. However it is not the Tintin you would expect. First of all, this hardbound edition contains a photocopy of the original black and white strips. There is no color edition. It contains almost twice the number of pages as regular Tintins, so it is a good deal for the money. The Tintin and Snowy look somewhat different from the ones we know. In fact, Tintin starts out this adventure without his famous tuft of hair, so you need to read it to find out why his hair sticks up like it does now. The artwork is less detailed and less elaborate than weâ(tm)re used to. Nevertheless it retains a air of elegant simplicity that makes it a masterful work of art.

Another major...

United States on Oct 19, 2008