Red cavalry
By: Isaac Babel ; translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk
Contributors: Dralyuk, Boris, translator
Publisher: Pushkin Collection
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781782270935
Subjects: Russian War stories; Russo-Polish War, 1919-1920; Translations into English; Fiction
Work titles: Kohapmur
Description: "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" --
Notes: Translated from the Russian of: Kohapmur.
Table of contents: title: Crossing the Zbrucz --; title: The Catholic Church in Novograd --; title: A letter --; title: The chief of the remount service --; title: Pan Apolek --; title: The Italian sun --; title: Gedali --; title: My first goose --; title: The Rebbe --; title: The road to Brody --; title: The Tachanka doctrine --; title: The death of Dolgushov --; title: The Second Brigade Commander --; title: Sashka the Christ --; title: The life story of Pavlichenko, Matvei Rodionych --; title: The cemetery in Kozin --; title: Prishchepa --; title: The story of a horse --; title: Konkin --; title: Berestechko --; title: Salt --; title: Evening --; title: Afonka Bida --; title: In St. Valentine's --; title: Squadron Commander Trunov --; title: The Ivans --; title: The story of a horse, continued --; title: The widow --; title: Zamość --; title: Treason --; title: Cześniki --; title: After the battle --; title: Song --; title: The Rebbe's son --; title: Postscript (1933) --; title: Argamak.