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Based on Babel's own diaries that he wrote during the Russo-Polish war of 1920, Red Cavalry is a lyrical, unflinching and often startlingly ironic depiction of

"Amazing not only as literature but as biography." —Richard Bernstein, The New York Times One of the great masterpieces of Russian literature, the Red Cavalry

A volume which introduces a classic of Russian literature to students, teachers and other interested readers.

Using his own experiences as a journalist and propagandist with the Red Army during the war against Poland, Babel brings to life an astonishing cast of characte

Red Cavalry is a collection of short stories by Isaac Babel about the 1st Cavalry Army. The stories take place during the Polish-Soviet war and are based on Bab