Isaac Babel
The Complete Works of Isaac Babel
Edited by Nathalie Babel
Translated by Peter Constantine
Introduction by Cynthia Ozick
"A celebration of literary genius framed
by 20th-century tragedy."
—Richard Bernstein, New York Times
FINALLY IN PAPERBACK, this "monumental collection
. . . gathers all of Babel's deft and brutal writing,
including a wide array of previously unavailable material,
from never-before-translated stories to plays and
film scripts" (David Ulin, Los Angeles Times). Reviewing
the work in The New Republic, James Woods wrote that
this groundbreaking volume "represents a triumph of
translating, editing, and publishing. Beautiful to hold,
scholarly and also popularly accessible, it is an enactment
of love." Considered one of the greatest writers
of the twentieth century, Isaac Babel has left his mark
on a generation of readers and writers. This book will
stand as Babel's final, most enduring legacy.
"The stories of Isaac Babel have kept their timeless
radiance."—James Salter, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Here is a book that will last, that you will reread
all your life and then pass on to your grandchildren.
Or ask to be buried with."—Michael Dirda, Washington
Post
ISAAC BABEL was arrested in 1939 and died
in Lubyanka prison in 1940. NATHALIE
BABEL, his daughter, edited two other books
of Babel's writing and is the author of Hugo and
Dostoevsky. PETER CONSTANTINE won the
PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize for his
translation of Thomas Mann and is working on
3,000 Years of Greek Poetry.
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Also Available:
Red Cavalry
The Collected Stories
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