{"product_id":"the-collected-stories-of-isaac-babel-9780393324020","title":"The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the historic publication of Norton's The Complete Works of Isaac Babel in the fall of 2001, The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel appears as the most authoritative and complete edition of his fiction ever published in paperback. Babel was best known for his mastery of the short story form in which he ranks alongside Kafka and Hemingway but his career was tragically cut short when he was murdered by Stalin's secret police. Edited by his daughter Nathalie Babel and translated by award-winner Peter Constantine, this paperback edition includes the stunning Red Cavalry Stories; The Odessa Tales, featuring the legendary gangster Benya Krik; and the tragic later stories, including \"Guy de Maupassant.\" This will be the standard edition of Babel's stories for years to come.\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.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726416351506,"sku":"9780393324020","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d356df95-2384-4988-baa9-49009db24b2a.jpg?v=1734868710","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-collected-stories-of-isaac-babel-9780393324020","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}