Red Cavalry
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Book Overview
One of the great masterpieces of Russian literature, the Red Cavalry cycle retains today the shocking freshness that made Babel's reputation when the stories were first published in the 1920s. Using his own experiences as a journalist and propagandist with the Red Army during the war against Poland, Babel brings to life an astonishing cast of characters from the exuberant, violent era of early Soviet history: commissars and colonels, Cossacks and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393324230
ISBN13:9780393324235
Release Date:April 2003
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Mind blowing (but grim)
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
Babel's writing is like no others. His stories are like viewing war through a flipbook.
An excellent read.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Babel's Red Cavalry is a remarkably candid look at a little known subject of the Bolshevik's effort to export their revolution to Europe via Poland. His writing is very much in the style of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy in that he cuts through to the heart of the matter in a very subtle manner, and vividly describes the drive, actions, and sufferings of those involved in this conflict.
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