Collected Stories of Isaac Babel"A book that will last, that you will reread all your life and then pass on to your grandchildren. Or ask to be buried with."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Following the historic publication of Norton's The Complete Works of Isaac Babel in the fall of 2001, The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel appears as the most authoritative and complete edition of his fiction ever published in paperback. Babel was best known for his mastery of the short story form—in which he ranks alongside Kafka and Hemingway—but his career was tragically cut short when he was murdered by Stalin's secret police. Edited by his daughter Nathalie Babel and translated by award-winner Peter Constantine, this paperback edition includes the stunning Red Cavalry Stories; The Odessa Tales, featuring the legendary gangster Benya Krik; and the tragic later stories, including "Guy de Maupassant." This will be the standard edition of Babel's stories for years to come. |
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Contents
Introduction by Cynthia Ozick | 11 |
Editors Preface | 17 |
Early Stories | 37 |
AT GRANDMOTHERS | 43 |
ELYA ISAAKOVICH AND MARGARITA PROKOFIEVNA | 49 |
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 63 |
ON THE FIELD OF HONOR | 91 |
THE SIN OF JESUS | 100 |
THE CEMETERY IN KOZIN | 259 |
KONKIN | 266 |
SALT | 273 |
AFONKA BIDA | 280 |
AT SAINT VALENTINES | 286 |
IVAN AND IVAN | 297 |
THE CONTINUATION OF THE STORY OF A HORSE | 304 |
ZAMOSC | 311 |
CHINK | 108 |
BAGRATOGLY AND THE EYES OF HIS BULL | 115 |
THE END OF ST HYPATIUS | 122 |
The Odessa Stories | 129 |
JUSTICE IN PARENTHESES | 140 |
HOW THINGS WERE DONE IN ODESSA | 146 |
LYUBKA THE COSSACK | 155 |
THE FATHER | 161 |
FROIM GRACH | 170 |
THE END OF THE ALMSHOUSE | 176 |
SUNSET | 185 |
The Red Cavalry Stories | 197 |
CROSSING THE RIVER ZBRUCZ | 203 |
THE RESERVE CAVALRY COMMANDER | 213 |
ITALIAN SUN | 223 |
MY FIRST GOOSE | 230 |
THE ROAD TO BRODY | 237 |
THE COMMANDER OF THE SECOND BRIGADE | 246 |
THE LIFE OF MATVEY RODIONOVICH PAVLICHENKO | 253 |
CZESNIKI | 320 |
THE SONG | 328 |
Additional Stories | 335 |
GRISHCHUK | 342 |
THE KISS | 350 |
AND THEN THERE WERE NINE | 356 |
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR | 362 |
FIRST LOVE | 376 |
KARLYANKEL | 383 |
THE AWAKENING | 392 |
IN THE BASEMENT | 399 |
GAPA GUZHVA | 408 |
THE ROAD | 423 |
GUY DE MAUPASSANT | 443 |
DANTE STREET | 457 |
THE TRIAL | 470 |
A Chronology by Gregory Freidin | 495 |
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Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
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