Odessa stories / Isaac Babel ; translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk.

Author
Babelʹ, I. (Isaak), 1894-1940 [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Pushkin Press, 2016.
Description
221 pages : illustration ; 17 cm

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    Summary note
    'Everyone makes mistakes, even God.' In the original Odessa Stories collection published in 1931, Babel describes the life of the fictional Jewish mob boss Benya Krik - one of the great anti-heroes of Russian literature - and his gang in the ghetto of Moldavanka, around the time of the October Revolution. Praised by Maxim Gorky and considered one of the great masterpieces of twentieth-century Russian literature, this is the first ever stand-alone collection of all Babel's narratives set in the city, and includes the original stories as well as later tales.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221).
    Language note
    Translated from the Russian.
    Contents
    • Odessa stories: Isaac Babel and his city / Boris Dralyuk
    • Part I Gangsters and other "Old Odessans"
    • The king
    • How it was done in Odessa
    • Lyubka the Cossack
    • Father
    • Justice in quotes
    • Sunset
    • The end of the almshouse
    • Froim the rook
    • Karl-Yankel
    • Part II Childhood and youth
    • The story of my dovecote
    • First love
    • In the basement
    • The awakening
    • Di Grasso
    • Part III Loose leaves and apocrypha
    • Odessa
    • You fell for it, Captain!
    • Esther's ring.
    ISBN
    • 9781782271666 ((paperback))
    • 178227166X ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2016478242
    OCLC
    940933107
    Other standard number
    • 99970494692
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