| Description |
511 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-511). |
| Summary |
Presents the Russian author's stories in new translations, including a chronology and notes on the texts. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Cynthia Ozick -- Old Shloyme -- At Grandmother's -- Elya Isaakovich and Margarita Prokofievna -- Mama, Rimma, and Alla -- The Public Library -- Nine -- Odessa -- The Aroma of Odessa -- Inspiration -- Doudou -- Shabos-Nakhamu -- On the Field of Honor -- The Sin of Jesus -- An Evening with the Empress -- Chink -- A Tale About a Woman -- The Bathroom Window -- Bagrat-Ogly and the Eyes of His Bull -- Line and Color -- You Missed the Boat, Captain! -- The End of St. Hypatius -- A Story -- The King -- Justice in Parentheses -- How Things Were Done in Odessa -- Lyubka the Cossack -- The Father -- Froim Grach -- The End of the Almshouse -- Sunset -- Crossing the River Zbrucz -- The Church in Novograd -- A Letter -- The Reserve Cavalry Commander -- Pan Apolek -- Italian Sun -- Gedali -- My First Goose -- The Rabbi -- The Road to Brody -- The Tachanka Theory -- Dolgushov's Death -- The Commander of the Second Brigade -- Sashka Christ -- The Life of Matvey Rodionovich Pavlichenko -- The Cemetery in Kozin -- Prishchepa -- The Story of a Horse -- Konkin -- Berestechko -- Salt -- Evening -- Afonka Bida -- At Saint Valentine's -- Squadron Commander Trunov -- Ivan and Ivan -- The Continuation of the Story of a Horse -- The Widow -- Zamosc -- Treason -- Czesniki -- After the Battle -- The Song -- The Rabbi's Son -- Makhno's Boys -- A Hardworking Woman -- Grishchuk -- Argamak -- The Kiss -- And Then There Were Nine -- And Then There Were Ten -- A Letter to the Editor -- The Story of my Dovecote -- First Love -- Karl-Yankel -- The Awakening -- In the Basement -- Gapa Guzhva -- Kolyvushka -- The Road -- The Ivan and Maria -- Guy De Maupassant -- Petroleum -- Dante Street -- Di Grasso -- Sulak -- The Trial -- My First Fee -- The Jewess -- Isaac Emmanuelovich Babel: A Chronology by Gregory Freidin -- Map: Babel's Russia -- Map: Babel's Odessa -- Map: Volhynia, 1920. |
| Subject |
Babelʹ, I. (Isaak), 1894-1940 -- Translations into English.
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Babelʹ, I. (Isaak), 1894-1940. (OCoLC)fst01734733 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJf8yDm7MQwmcbMYyyjDMP
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Short stories.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Babel, Nathalie, editor.
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Constantine, Peter, 1963- translator, writer of supplementary textual content. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJy8vhfrpkHJx8wVT6kqwC
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| Added Title |
Short stories. English
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| ISBN |
0393324028 |
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9780393324020 |
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