The Complete Works of Isaac Babel - Paperback
by Isaac Babel
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Availability:In StockContributor:Isaac Babel, Nathalie Babel, Peter ConstantinePublish date:2005-11-17Pages:1072
Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393328240ISBN-10:393328244UPC:9780393328240Book Category:Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Russian & Soviet, EuropeanSize:9.12 x 6.52 x 1.50 inchesWeight:2.54Product ID:SC6R9WTXEH
The Complete Works of Isaac Babel - Definitive Collection
This comprehensive paperback edition gathers the complete literary output of Isaac Babel, one of the twentieth century's most influential writers. The collection includes his masterpieces Red Cavalry and The Odessa Tales, alongside previously unavailable material, never-before-translated stories, plays, and film scripts.Award-Winning Translation and Scholarship
Translated by Peter Constantine, this volume has received widespread critical acclaim and multiple prestigious awards:- Winner of the Koret Jewish Book Award
- National Jewish Book Award citation
- New York Times Notable Book
- Library Journal Best Book
- Washington Post Book World Rave
- Village Voice Favorite Book of the Year
About Isaac Babel
Isaac Babel was a journalist, playwright, and short story writer whose deft and brutal prose captured the complexities of early Soviet life. His works remain essential reading for understanding twentieth-century Russian literature and Jewish literary tradition. Arrested and executed in a Soviet prison in 1940, Babel's literary legacy continues to influence generations of readers and writers worldwide.Comprehensive Editorial Work
Edited by Nathalie Babel, the author's daughter and editor of two other collections of his writing, this volume represents the most complete assembly of Babel's work available. Peter Constantine, director of the Program in Literary Translation at the University of Connecticut and recipient of multiple translation awards including the PEN Translation Prize and National Translation Award, brings scholarly precision and literary sensitivity to this definitive collection.Essential for Literary Collections
This paperback edition from W. W. Norton & Company serves as both an academic reference and an accessible introduction to Babel's modernist prose. The collection is ideal for students of Russian and Soviet literature, scholars of Eastern European writing, and readers interested in Jewish literary contributions to world literature. Los Angeles Times critic David Ulin described it as a "monumental collection" that stands as Babel's final, most enduring legacy.Languages:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393328240ISBN-10:393328244UPC:9780393328240Book Category:Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Russian & Soviet, EuropeanSize:9.12 x 6.52 x 1.50 inchesWeight:2.54Product ID:SC6R9WTXEH
Babel, Isaac: - Isaac Babel was a journalist, playwright, and short story writer, whose works include the Russian masterpieces Red Cavalry and The Odessa Tales. He was arrested and executed in a Soviet prison in 1940.Babel, Nathalie: - Nathalie Babel, his daughter, edited two other books of Babel's writing and is the author of Hugo and Dostoevsky.Constantine, Peter: - Peter Constantine is the director of the Program in Literary Translation at the University of Connecticut, the publisher of World Poetry Books, and editor-in-chief of the magazine New Poetry in Translation. A prolific translator from several modern and classical languages, Constantine was awarded the PEN Translation Prize for Six Early Stories by Thomas Mann, the National Translation Award for The Undiscovered Chekhov, the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize for his translation of The Bird Is a Raven by Benjamin Lebert, and the Koret Jewish Book Award and a National Jewish Book Award citation for The Complete Works of Isaac Babel.
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