| Contents |
Crossing the Zbrucz -- The Catholic Church in Novograd -- A letter -- The chief of the remount service -- Pan Apolek -- The Italian sun -- Gedali -- My first goose -- The Rebbe -- The road to Brody -- The Tachanka doctrine -- The death of Dolgushov -- The Second Brigade Commander -- Sashka the Christ -- The life story of Pavlichenko, Matvei Rodionych -- The cemetery in Kozin -- Prishchepa -- The story of a horse -- Konkin -- Berestechko -- Salt -- Evening -- Afonka Bida -- In St. Valentine's -- Squadron Commander Trunov -- The Ivans -- The story of a horse, continued -- The widow -- Zamość -- Treason -- Cześniki -- After the battle -- Song -- The Rebbe's son -- Postscript (1933) -- Argamak. |
| Abstract |
"The brutalities and dualities of war and religion unflinchingly depicted by this major Russian-Jewish writer War's mess and muddle, the brutality and the inanity of fighting-few have better captured this than Isaac Babel, who was a journalist with the Soviet First Cavalry Army. His unflinching portrayal of the murderous havoc of battle is offset by an unexpected and wry humour: having seen the fighting up close, Babel is able to find the funny side of war while depicting its bloody side-in all its mesmerising and casual violence. The lyricism and bitterness that characterise the thirty-five short stories of Red Cavalry are stunningly reproduced in this new translation by the award-winning Boris Dralyuk" -- provided by publisher. |
| Language | In english. Translated from the Russian. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Translations. |
| ISBN | 9781782270935 paperback |
| ISBN | 1782270930 paperback |
