Red cavalry, Isaac Babel ; translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk
Type
Label
Red cavalry, Isaac Babel ; translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
short stories
Main title
Red cavalry
Oclc number
890162500
Responsibility statement
Isaac Babel ; translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk
Summary
"The brutalities and dualities of war and religion unflinchingly depicted by this major Russian-Jewish writer War's mess and muddle, the brutality and the inanity of fighting-few have better captured this than Isaac Babel, who was a journalist with the Soviet First Cavalry Army. His unflinching portrayal of the murderous havoc of battle is offset by an unexpected and wry humour: having seen the fighting up close, Babel is able to find the funny side of war while depicting its bloody side-in all its mesmerising and casual violence. The lyricism and bitterness that characterise the thirty-five short stories of Red Cavalry are stunningly reproduced in this new translation by the award-winning Boris Dralyuk" --, provided by publisher