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Of Sunshine and Bedbugs

By Isaac Babel
Translated by Boris Dralyuk

By Isaac Babel
Translated by Boris Dralyuk

By Isaac Babel
Translated by Boris Dralyuk

By Isaac Babel
Translated by Boris Dralyuk

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Jun 28, 2022 | ISBN 9781782277811

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    About Of Sunshine and Bedbugs

    A new selection of Isaac Babel’s 26 most vital and beautiful stories, in acclaimed translations by Boris Dralyuk

    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 shaken by brutal jolts of violence.

    These stories take us from the underworld of Babel’s native Odessa, city of gangsters and lowlives, of drunken brawls and bleeding sunsets, to the terror and absurdity of life as a soldier in the Polish-Soviet War.
     
    Selected and translated by the prize-winning Boris Dralyuk, this collection captures the irreverence, passion and coarse beauty of Babel’s singular voice.

    About Of Sunshine and Bedbugs

    A new selection of Isaac Babel’s 26 most vital and beautiful stories, in acclaimed translations by Boris Dralyuk

    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 shaken by brutal jolts of violence.

    These stories take us from the underworld of Babel’s native Odessa, city of gangsters and lowlives, of drunken brawls and bleeding sunsets, to the terror and absurdity of life as a soldier in the Polish-Soviet War.
     
    Selected and translated by the prize-winning Boris Dralyuk, this collection captures the irreverence, passion and coarse beauty of Babel’s singular voice.

    Also by Isaac Babel

    Odessa Stories
    Red Cavalry
    See all books by Isaac Babel

    Also by Isaac Babel

    Odessa Stories
    Red Cavalry
    See all books by Isaac Babel

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Short Stories | Essays & Literary Collections

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Pushkin Collection
    Jun 28, 2022 | 224 Pages | 4-11/16 x 6-1/2 | ISBN 9781782277811

    Category: Literary Fiction | Short Stories | Essays & Literary Collections

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Pushkin Collection
    Jun 28, 2022 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9781782277835
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    Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents
     
    Translator’s Preface
     
    Guy de Maupassant
     
    (Part I) Childhood and Youth
     
    The Story of My Dovecote
    First Love
    In the Basement
    The Awakening
    Di Grasso
     
    (Part II) Gangsters and “Old Odessans”
     
    The King
    How It Was Done in Odessa
    Lyubka the Cossack
    Father
    Justice in Quotes
    The End of the Almshouse
     
    (Part III) Red Cavalry
     
    Crossing the Zbrucz
    The Catholic Church in Novograd
    A Letter
    Pan Apolek
    The Italian Sun
    Gedali
    My First Goose
    The Rebbe
    The Tachanka Doctrine
    The Death of Dolgushov
    The Life Story of Pavlichenko, Matvei Rodionych
    Salt
    The Rebbe’s Son
    Argamak

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