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This title includes: Volume 1 - "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets", "Tintin in the Congo". The first volume features "Tintin in the Congo", first published in book form in 1931 (in black & white only), "Tintin in the Congo" reflects the colonial attitudes of that period in its depiction of African people, which may cause offence to some readers. Herge himself admitted that he was influenced by the bourgeois, paternalistic stereotypes of the period.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I recently purchased Volume one throught to three for myself (I'm 16) and i was extremely shocked when they came two days earlier than expected. Straight away i started reading. YES Tintin in the land of the soviets is in black and white but what do you expect is was written in 1929! But i still found that it was the same old Tintin with Snowy always by his side. This book is only for teens and adults. Pictures are smaller because its a 2 in one but its pretty much the same price so all is good.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A hardback reprint of the first two Tintin adventures Tintin in the land of the Soviets and Tintin in the Congo.
The first In the land of the soviets is a black and white adventure, that was originally serialised in a Belgian newspaper, and the pacing shows, with regular cliff hangers. The art is more basic than later adventures and shows how Herge's style has matured and improved. The story is very anti-communist for reasons that are worth further investigating.
Whilst the first adventure is anti-soviet, the second issue whilst less anti-political is definitly of its time, to be generous to it, there are racial overturns as Tintin plays the big white man against the poor natives. (This adventure is in colour in both senses of the word) Whilst the rest of Tintin's adventures are for all ages, this needs to either be read with some understanding or maturity, so perhaps not for younger tintin fans.
However negative feedback from this did make Herge research his books better and later stories are generally much more positive than the first two.
Worthwhile purchases for completeness sake.
The first In the land of the soviets is a black and white adventure, that was originally serialised in a Belgian newspaper, and the pacing shows, with regular cliff hangers. The art is more basic than later adventures and shows how Herge's style has matured and improved. The story is very anti-communist for reasons that are worth further investigating.
Whilst the first adventure is anti-soviet, the second issue whilst less anti-political is definitly of its time, to be generous to it, there are racial overturns as Tintin plays the big white man against the poor natives. (This adventure is in colour in both senses of the word) Whilst the rest of Tintin's adventures are for all ages, this needs to either be read with some understanding or maturity, so perhaps not for younger tintin fans.
However negative feedback from this did make Herge research his books better and later stories are generally much more positive than the first two.
Worthwhile purchases for completeness sake.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Bought as a birthday present for our 9 year old grandson, he thinks it's brilliant! Looking forward to going to cinema with the kids to see the new film version of Tintin, can't wait.
Roy Walker
Roy Walker
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