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'Everyone makes mistakes, even God.' In the original Odessa Stories collection published in 1931, Babel describes the life of the fictional Jewish mob boss Benya Krik - one of the great anti-heroes of Russian literature - and his gang in the ghetto of Moldavanka, around the time of the October Revolution. Praised by Maxim Gorky and considered one of the great masterpieces of twentieth-century Russian literature, this is the first ever stand-alone collection of all Babel's narratives set in the city, and includes the original stories as well as later tales. From the Trade Paperback edition. ** Review “One of those 'where have you been all my life?' books.” — Nicholas Lezard, *The Guardian * "Electric, heroically wrought prose." — John Updike "Aside from being a great writer, Babel stands as an emblem of the tragedy of 20th century totalitarianism... literary genius framed by 20th-century tragedy." — *New York Times * "It is impossible to look at the world the same way after reading Babel... one of the enduring jewels of 20th-century Russian literature." — *Financial Times * About the Author Isaac Babel was a short-story writer, playwright, literary translator and journalist. He

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Author

Isaac Babel; Boris Dralyuk

Publisher

Pushkin Collection

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781782271666

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Collections, Short Stories, Fiction

Rating

4.3 / 5 (190 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14