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Short stories

Short stories

Collected Stories (Penguin Classics)
Historical FictionLiterary Fiction
Pages
400
Published
1960
Language
English

Synopsis

This collection presents the powerful and often brutal short stories of Isaak Babel, offering a glimpse into the tumultuous early 20th century Soviet Union. Through vivid prose, Babel explores the lives of soldiers, revolutionaries, and ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances. His work is celebrated for its unflinching portrayal of human nature amidst conflict and societal upheaval.

Prose complexity
7/10

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DarkGrittyMelancholicComplex
Morally Grey

Genres

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

Authors

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Isaac Babel

Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel (Russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель; 13 July) was a Russian writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator. He is best known as the author of Red Cavalry and Odessa Stories, and has been acclaimed as "the greatest prose writer of Russian Jewry." Babel was arrested by the NKVD on 15 May 1939 on fabricated charges of terrorism and espionage, and executed on 27 January 1940.

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