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Red cavalry / Isaac Babel ; translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk.

Van Pelt Library PG3476.B2 K613 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Babelʹ, I. (Isaak), 1894-1940, author.
Contributor:
Dralyuk, Boris, translator.
Language:
English
Russian
Subjects (All):
Babelʹ, I. (Isaak), 1894-1940--Translations into English.
Babelʹ, I.
Babelʹ, I. (Isaak), 1894-1940.
Russo-Polish War, 1919-1920--Fiction.
Russo-Polish War, 1919-1920.
War stories, Russian--Translations into English.
War stories, Russian.
Genre:
Fiction.
Translations.
Short stories.
Physical Description:
219 pages ; 17 cm
Place of Publication:
London : Pushkin, 2014.
Language Note:
In english. Translated from the Russian.
Summary:
"The brutalities and dualities of war and religion unflinchingly depicted by this major Russian-Jewish writer War's mess and muddle, the brutality and the inanity of fighting-few have better captured this than Isaac Babel, who was a journalist with the Soviet First Cavalry Army. His unflinching portrayal of the murderous havoc of battle is offset by an unexpected and wry humour: having seen the fighting up close, Babel is able to find the funny side of war while depicting its bloody side-in all its mesmerising and casual violence. The lyricism and bitterness that characterise the thirty-five short stories of Red Cavalry are stunningly reproduced in this new translation by the award-winning Boris Dralyuk" -- provided by publisher.
Contents:
Crossing the Zbrucz
The Catholic Church in Novograd
A letter
The chief of the remount service
Pan Apolek
The Italian sun
Gedali
My first goose
The Rebbe
The road to Brody
The Tachanka doctrine
The death of Dolgushov
The Second Brigade Commander
Sashka the Christ
The life story of Pavlichenko, Matvei Rodionych
The cemetery in Kozin
Prishchepa
The story of a horse
Konkin
Berestechko
Salt
Evening
Afonka Bida
In St. Valentine's
Squadron Commander Trunov
The Ivans
The story of a horse, continued
The widow
Zamość
Treason
Cześniki
After the battle
Song
The Rebbe's son
Postscript (1933)
Argamak.
ISBN:
9781782270935
1782270930
OCLC:
890162500

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