{"product_id":"9780393324235","title":"Red Cavalry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Amazing not only as literature but as biography.\" —Richard Bernstein, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOne of the great masterpieces of Russian literature, the \u003cem\u003eRed Cavalry\u003c\/em\u003e cycle retains today the shocking freshness that made Babel's reputation when the stories were first published in the 1920s. 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 characters from the exuberant, violent era of early Soviet history: commissars and colonels, Cossacks and peasants, and among them the bespectacled, Jewish writer\/intellectual, observing it all and trying to establish his role in the new Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDrawn from the acclaimed, award-winning \u003cem\u003eComplete Works of Isaac Babel\u003c\/em\u003e, this volume includes all of the \u003cem\u003eRed Cavalry\u003c\/em\u003e cycle; Babel's 1920 diary, from which the material for the fiction was drawn; and his preliminary sketches for the stories—the whole constituting a fascinating picture of a great writer turning life into art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013095538928,"sku":"9780393324235","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393324235_p0.jpg?v=1763697114","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393324235","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}