Presents the collected short stories of a master of the form, along with his letters, plays, diaries, and screenplays.

"A celebration of literary genius framed by 20th-century tragedy."--Richard Bernstein, New York Times Finally in paperback, this "monumental collection; gathers

Often revolving around the tortured dilemmas faced by Jews within the ruthless Soviet state, this title contains such classic works as the Red Cavalry cycle and

(Kashirina), M. N. Berkov, Iosif Stalin, Vyacheslav Polonsky, Clara Malraux, Kornei Chukovsky, Erwin Sinko, Antonina Pirozhkova, Dmitry Furmanov, and others. Ma

Hailed as the first great Soviet writer, Isaac Babel was at once a product and a victim of violent revolution. In tales of Cossack marauders and flashy Odessa g