- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: WW Norton (Mar 25 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0393324230
- ISBN-13: 978-0393324235
- Product Dimensions: 20.7 x 14 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
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#106,620 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #57 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Classics > Russian
- #78 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Russian
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One of the great masterpieces of Russian literature, the Red Cavalry cycle retains today the shocking freshness that made Babel's reputation when the stories were first published in the 1920s. Using his own experiences as a journalist and propagandist with the Red Army during the war against Poland, Babel brings to life an astonishing cast of characters from the exuberant, violent era of early Soviet history: commissars and colonels, Cossacks and peasants, and among them the bespectacled, Jewish writer/intellectual, observing it all and trying to establish his role in the new Russia.
Drawn from the acclaimed, award-winning Complete Works of Isaac Babel, this volume includes all of the Red Cavalry cycle; Babel's 1920 diary, from which the material for the fiction was drawn; and his preliminary sketches for the stories—the whole constituting a fascinating picture of a great writer turning life into art.
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An excellent read., Nov 18 2009
By Emanuel S. Chris "Reverend Doctor" - Published on Amazon.com
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Babel's Red Cavalry is a remarkably candid look at a little known subject of the Bolshevik's effort to export their revolution to Europe via Poland. His writing is very much in the style of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy in that he cuts through to the heart of the matter in a very subtle manner, and vividly describes the drive, actions, and sufferings of those involved in this conflict.
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Mind blowing (but grim), Feb 2 2010
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Babel's writing is like no others. His stories are like viewing war through a flipbook.
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