1920 DIARY by Isaac Babel, Carol J. Avins (Editor), H. T. Willetts (Trans) ( 9780300093131 )

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Title:

1920 DIARY

By:

Isaac Babel, Carol J. Avins (Editor), H. T. Willetts (Trans)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0300093136

ISBN 13:

9780300093131

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Publisher:

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 February, 2002

Pages:

192

Translated from:

Russian

Description:

This diary by Russian writer Isaac Babel recounts his experiences with the Cossack cavalry during the Polish-Soviet war of 1919-20. The basis for "Red Cavalry", Babel's best-known work, it records the devastation of the war and the extreme cruelty of the Polish and Red Armies towards the Jews.

Synopsis:

This diary by the famed twentieth-century Russian writer recounts Babel's experiences with the Cossack cavalry during the Polish-Soviet war of 1919-1920. The basis for Red Cavalry, Babel's best-known work, it records the devastation of the war, the extreme cruelty of the Polish and Red armies alike toward the Jewish population in the Ukraine and eastern Poland, and Babel's own conflicted role as both Soviet revolutionary and Jew.

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Yale University Press

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