CompleteWorksofIsaacBabel

Finallyinpaperback,this"monumentalcollection;gathersallofBabel'sdeftandbrutalwriting,includingawidearrayofpreviouslyunavailablematerial,fromnever-before-translatedstoriestoplaysandfilmscripts"(DavidUlin,"LosAngelesTimes").Reviewingtheworkin"TheNewRepublic,"JamesWoodswrotethatthisgroundbreakingvolume"representsatriumphoftranslating,editing,andpublishing.Beautifultohold,scholarlyandalsopopularlyaccessible,itisanenactmentoflove."Consideredoneofthegreatestwritersofthetwentiethcentury,IsaacBabelhaslefthismarkonagenerationofreadersandwriters.ThisbookwillstandasBabel'sfinal,mostenduringlegacy.WinneroftheKoretJewishBookAward;A"NewYorkTimes"NotableBook,aand"LibraryJournal"BestBook,a"WashingtonPost"BookWorldRave,a"VillageVoice"FavoriteBookoftheYear.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.