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(10-09-2024, 04:25 AM)peter Wrote: DERSU THE TRAPPER - THE BOOK

"... Vladimir Klavdievich Arseniev (1872-1930) undertook twelve major scientific expeditions between 1902 and 1930 in the Siberian Far East, and authored some sixty (!) works on the geography and ethnography of the region. Among these, Dersu the Trapper has earned a privileged place in Russian literature. In this Russian counterpart to The Journals of Lewis and Clark and the novels of James Fenimore Cooper, Arseniev combines the precise observations of a naturalist with an exciting narrative of real-life adventure.

Arseniev describes three explorations in trhe Ussurian taiga along the Sea of Japan above Vladivostok, beginning with his first encounter of the solitary aboriginal hunter named Dersu, a member of the Gold tribe, who thereafter becomes his guide. Each expedition is beset with hardship and danger: through blizzard and flood and assorted deprivations, these two men forge an exceptional friendship in their mutual respect for the immense grandeur of the wilderness. But the bridges across language, race and culture also have limitations, and the incrusion of civilization exacts its toll. 

Dersu the Trapper is at once a witnessing of Russia's last frontier and a poignant memoir of rare cross-cultural understanding. Originally published in 1941, this English translation is reprinted in its entirity now for the first time ... " (from the front cover of 'Dersu the Trapper', McPherson & Company, 1996).

DERSU UZALA - THE MOVIE

Uploaded - Mosfilm
Length - 2.21:45
Direction - Akira Kurusawa
Year of production - 1975
Prizes and awards in the period 1975-1977 - 11
Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFaL03SKEzE&t=36s

APPRECIATION

The book is one of the best I read. You can find it in most book stores. Buy it when you have the opportunity. 
The film is considered as a 'masterpiece' by many. My advice is to see it while you can (English subtitles).

You can read the entire English version of "Dersu The Trapper" book right here:

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli...7/mode/2up Reply