Collected Stories (Modern Classics) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Collected Stories (Modern Classics) Tuesday, August 4 2009.

• Following the historic publication of Norton's The Complete Works of Isaac Babel in the fall of 2001, The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel appears as the most authoritative and complete edition of his fiction ever published in paperback. Babel was best known for his mastery of the short story form—in which he ranks alongside Kafka and Hemingway—but his career was tragically cut short when he was murdered by Stalin's secret police. Edited by his daughter Nathalie Babel and translated by award-winner Peter Constantine, this paperback edition includes the stunning Red Cavalry Stories; The Odessa Tales , featuring the legendary gangster Benya Krik; and the tragic later stories, including "Guy de Maupassant." This will be the standard edition of Babel's stories for years to come.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Collected Stories (Modern Classics) Friday, July 24 2009.

• Added a contributor: David McDuff: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: Isaac Babel: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: Dylan Thomas: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: Peter Constantine: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: I. Babel?: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Collected Stories (Modern Classics) Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Although our little town is not large, although its inhabitants are few, although Shyloyme had lived for sixty years in the town without a break, even so, not everyone would be able to tell you who Syloyme is, or what he is like.