{"product_id":"red-cavalry-9780393324235","title":"Red Cavalry","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the great masterpieces of Russian literature, the \u003cem\u003eRed Cavalry\u003c\/em\u003e 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 peasants, and among them the bespectacled, Jewish writer\/intellectual, observing it all and trying to establish his role in the new Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from the acclaimed, award-winning \u003cem\u003eComplete Works of Isaac Babel\u003c\/em\u003e, this volume includes all of the \u003cem\u003eRed Cavalry\u003c\/em\u003e cycle; Babel's 1920 diary, from which the material for the fiction was drawn; and his preliminary sketches for the stories--the whole constituting a fascinating picture of a great writer turning life into art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBabel, Isaac:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eIsaac Babel\u003c\/strong\u003e was a journalist, playwright, and short story writer, whose works include the Russian masterpieces \u003ci\u003eRed Cavalry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Odessa Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. He was arrested and executed in a Soviet prison in 1940.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBabel, Nathalie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eNathalie Babel\u003c\/strong\u003e, his daughter, edited two other books of Babel's writing and is the author of \u003cem\u003eHugo and Dostoevsky\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConstantine, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Constantine\u003c\/strong\u003e is the director of the Program in Literary Translation at the University of Connecticut, the publisher of World Poetry Books, and editor-in-chief of the magazine \u003cem\u003eNew Poetry in Translation\u003c\/em\u003e. A prolific translator from several modern and classical languages, Constantine was awarded the PEN Translation Prize for \u003cem\u003eSix Early Stories\u003c\/em\u003e by Thomas Mann, the National Translation Award for \u003cem\u003eThe Undiscovered Chekhov\u003c\/em\u003e, the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize for his translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Bird Is a Raven\u003c\/em\u003e by Benjamin Lebert, and the Koret Jewish Book Award and a National Jewish Book Award citation for \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Works of Isaac Babel\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642302304530,"sku":"9780393324235","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59a998fe-2861-4cd3-9be0-05f653bfa902.jpg?v=1733062477","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/red-cavalry-9780393324235","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}