Odessa Story

Author: (Russian) Babel, translated by Dai Cong
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Publish Date: 2007-01-05
Features: The Odessa Tales was created before Red Cavalry, telling the legendary rise and fall of the Jewish gangster era in Odessa and the tales of romance. It is an elegy for Odessa, composed on the ruins of the city. Upon its publication, Babel was hailed as the magician of the Russian language. After Red Cavalry and The Odessa Tales, Babel wrote a series of novels related to his childhood, youth, and early adulthood. This book includes all these series, essentially encompassing Babel's entire body of work outside of Red Cavalry. Accompanying the text is a set of rare old photographs that immerse readers in the magical stories that once unfolded in Odessa and Russia.