Of Sunshine and Bedbugs: Essential Stories - Paperback
by Isaac Babel
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Isaac Babel, Boris DralyukSeries:Essential StoriesPublish date:2022-06-28Pages:224
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Pushkin CollectionISBN-13:9781782277811ISBN-10:1782277811UPC:9781782277811Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), World LiteratureBook Topic:RussiaSize:6.40 x 4.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.3Product ID:SCYYWX5B9K
A new selection of Isaac Babel's 26 most vital and beautiful stories, in acclaimed translations by Boris Dralyuk Isaac Babel honed one of the most distinctive styles in all Russian literature. Brashly conversational one moment, dreamily lyrical the next, his stories exult in the richness of everyday speech and sensual pleasure only to be shaken by brutal jolts of violence. These stories take us from the underworld of Babel's native Odessa, city of gangsters and lowlives, of drunken brawls and bleeding sunsets, to the terror and absurdity of life as a soldier in the Polish-Soviet War. Selected and translated by the prize-winning Boris Dralyuk, this collection captures the irreverence, passion and coarse beauty of Babel's singular voice.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Pushkin CollectionISBN-13:9781782277811ISBN-10:1782277811UPC:9781782277811Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), World LiteratureBook Topic:RussiaSize:6.40 x 4.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.3Product ID:SCYYWX5B9K
Isaac Babel was a short-story writer, playwright, literary translator and journalist. He joined the Red Army as a correspondent during the Russian civil war. The first major Russian-Jewish writer to write in Russian, he was hugely popular during his lifetime. He was murdered in Stalin's purges in 1940, at the age of 45. Boris Dralyuk is the Editor-in-Chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is a literary translator and holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures from UCLA, where he taught Russian literature for a number of years. He has also taught at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.
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