Red Cavalry and Other Stories

by Efraim Sicher and Isaac Babel

Book Overview

One of the most powerful short-story writers of the twentieth century, Isaac Babel expressed his sense of inner conflict through disturbing tales that explored the contradictions of Russian society. Whether reflecting on anti-Semitism in stories such as "Story of My Dovecote" and "First Love," or depicting Jewish gangsters in his native Odessa, Babel's eye for the comical laid bare the ironies of history. His masterpiece, "Red Cavalry,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140449973
• ISBN13: 9780140449976
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher