Odessa Stories
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ISBN13: 9781782274735
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A collection of "electric, heroically wrought" Russian short stories of violence, crime, and sex set in Ukraine--for fans of hard-boiled fiction by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett (John Updike)
Odessa was a uniquely Jewish city, and the stories of Isaac Babel--a Jewish man, writing in Russian and born in Odessa--uncover its tough underbelly around the time of the Russian Revolution. 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 Babel's narratives set in the city and includes the original stories as well as later tales.
"The salty speech of the city's inhabitants is wonderfully rendered in a new translation by Boris Dralyuk . . . Hard-boiled language reminiscent of Dashiell Hammett." --Vice
Odessa was a uniquely Jewish city, and the stories of Isaac Babel--a Jewish man, writing in Russian and born in Odessa--uncover its tough underbelly around the time of the Russian Revolution. 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 Babel's narratives set in the city and includes the original stories as well as later tales.
"The salty speech of the city's inhabitants is wonderfully rendered in a new translation by Boris Dralyuk . . . Hard-boiled language reminiscent of Dashiell Hammett." --Vice
| ISBN-13 | 9781782274735 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1782274731 |
| Weight | 0.40 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.09 x 0.57 x 7.75 In |
| List Price | $15.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 192 pages |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Published On | 2019-07-02 |
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