Isaac Babel Odessa Stories (Paperback)

Odessa StoriesIsaac BabelLabel: Pushkin PressDescription: Odessa was a uniquely Jewish city and the stories of Isaac Babel - a Jewish man writing in Russian born in Odessa - uncover its tough underbelly. Gangsters prostitutes beggars smugglers: no one escapes the pungent sinewy force of Babel's pen.From the tales of the magnetic cruelty of Benya Krik - infamous mob boss and one of the great anti-heroes of Russian literature - to the devastating semi-autobiographical account of a young Jewish boy caught up in a pogrom this collection of stories is considered one of the great masterpieces of twentieth-century Russian literature.Translated with precision and sensitivity by Boris Dralyuk whose rendering of the rich Odessan argot is pitch-perfect Odessa Stories is the first ever stand-alone collection of all the stories Babel set in the city - and includes tales from the original collection as well as later ones.

Isaac Babel Odessa Stories (Paperback) would be a perfect fit for readers interested in Ukrainian history and stories.