Isaac Babel was a Soviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin, known for his extraordinary short stories, comparable to the best works of Gogol and Maupassant, whom he admired as masters. " Red Cavalry," published in 1926, is his most famous collection of stories, based on Babel's experiences during the Russo-Polish campaign of 1920, where he served in the Budieni Cavalry. All the stories in "Red Cavalry" are imbued with the author's fra...

Throughout his life Isaac Babel was torn by opposing forces, by the desire both to remain faithful to his Jewish roots and yet to be free of them. This duality of vision infuses his work with a powerful energy from the earliest tales including 'Old Shloyme' and 'Childhood', which affirm his Russian-Jewish childhood, to the relatively non-Jewish world of his collection of stories entitled 'Red Cavalry'. Babel's masterpiece, 'Red Cavalry' is the most dramatic expression of his dualism and in...

Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, better known as Isaac Babel, was a Soviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin. Despite being an idealistic advocate of Marxism and Leninism, he was arrested, tortured, and executed during Stalin's Great Purge. "The Odessa Stories" a collection published in 1931, is a selection of beautiful stories by Babel whose narratives take place in the city of Odessa. Babel describes, among other stories, the life of the fictional Jewish mafia boss, Benya Krik, one of the...

Après l'arrestation de Babel en 1939, un interdit absolu a pesé sur l'homme et sur son œuvre. Son nom fut banni des manuels et des encyclopédies, ses écrits devinrent introuvables. De là vient que les dix-sept récits recueillis dans le présent volume s'étendent sur toute la vie littéraire de Babel. Comme tous ses écrits déjà connus, ils sont nourris d'expériences vécues, mettent en scène des personnages réels. Rien ici d'inventé, dirait-on, rien d'imaginaire ; et cependant, à travers la di...

Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, mejor conocido como Isaac Babel fue un periodista y escritor soviético de origen judío. A pesar de ser un idealista defensor del marxismo y el leninismo, fue arrestado, torturado y ejecutado durante el Gran Purgatorio de Stalin. " Cuentos de Odessa," una colección publicada en 1931, es una selección de hermosos cuentos de Babel cuyas narrativas tienen lugar en la ciudad de Odessa. Babel describe, entre otras historias, la vida de...

"...Dans le faubourg de Moldavie, au coin des rues de Dalny et de Balkov, se trouve la maison de Lioubka Schneeweiss. Dans cette maison s’entassent un débit de vin, une auberge, une boutique où on vend de l’avoine et un pigeonnier pour cent paires de pigeons de Knioukov et de Nicolaïev. Ces boutiques et le lot n° 46 dans les carrières d’Odessa appartiennent à Lioubka Schneeweiss surnommée Lioubka la Cosaque ; le pigeonnier seul est la propriété du gardien Euzel, soldat médaillé en retraite...

A new selection of Isaac Babel's most vital and beautiful stories, in acclaimed translations by Boris Dralyuk '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 Isaac Babel honed one of the most distinctive styles in all Russian literature. Brashly conversational one moment, dreamily lyrical the next, his stories exult in the richness of everyday speech and sensual pleasure only to be sha...

Traduction intégrale avec notes et étude, et avec les Récits du cycle de Cavalerie rouge, des fragments du Journal de 1920, les Plans et esquisses, par Jacques Catteau.Entré en 1920 dans l'Armée rouge, Isaac Babel participa avec la 1ère Armée de Cavalerie soviétique de Boudienny à la guerre contre les Blancs aux frontières de la Pologne. Il retraça cette épopée tragique et violente à travers une série de courts récits, publiés en revue et réunis en 1926. Un des chefs-d’œuvre de la ...

Racconti di Odessa è una delle opere più celebri di Isaac Babel e rappresenta un ritratto vivido, ironico e al tempo stesso drammatico della comunità ebraica di Odessa all'inizio del Novecento. Ambientati soprattutto nel quartiere moldavo della città, i racconti ruotano attorno alla figura leggendaria di Benya Krik, il "Re" degli gangster odessiti, un personaggio carismatico e ambiguo che incarna la fusione tra criminalità, astuzia e un sorprenden...

L'armata a cavallo, di Isaac Babel, è una delle opere più intense e innovative della letteratura russa del XX secolo. Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1926, il libro raccoglie una serie di racconti ispirati all'esperienza dell'autore come corrispondente militare durante la campagna della Prima Armata a Cavallo nella guerra sovietico-polacca del 1920. Con uno stile al tempo stesso lirico, crudo e frammentario, Babel offre un ritra...

War's mess and muddle, the brutality and the inanity of fighting-few have better captured this than Isaac Babel, who was a journalist with the Soviet First Cavalry Army. His unflinching portrayal of the murderous havoc of battle is offset by an unexpected and wry humour: having seen the fighting up close, Babel is able to find the funny side of war while depicting its bloody side-in all its mesmerising and casual violence. The lyricism and bitterness that characterise the thirty-five short...

C’est aux images de son enfance dans la vieille communauté juive d’Odessa que Babel devra son inspiration. Les Contes d’Odessa sont une évocation attendrie, suite de tableaux pittoresques, fortement colorés de l’ancien monde, celui d’avant 1917 : la juiverie d’Odessa, ses bandits, ses marchands, ses putains, sa misère, la terreur des pogroms…Le destin de certains écrivains se devine à la lecture de leurs livres.