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

Isaac Babel: The Essential Fictions is a collection of seventy-two of Isaac Babel's finest short stories and includes Red Cavalry, Odessa Stories, and the "Dove