Loved the stories, but unfortunately, the translation from Russian was less than adequate. I must re-read it in original. ( )

Unfinished since I bought [book:The Complete Works of Isaac Babel]. I tagged this as being for sale/swap, but took it off since the translations are different and I thought it'd be fun to compare. ( )

Very impressive, classic

These are outstanding stories, especially the group entitled "Red Calvary," written by the enigmatic Russian-Jewish master. As a war correspondent for ROSTA, the Soviet news agency, Babel traveled with a group of Cossacks during the Civil War. "Red Calvary" is the fruit of that experience. He was swept away in one of Stalin's periodic purges and executed as a Trotskyite in 1940. ( )

What I have read is excellent, have not read through all the stories, though. ( )

Some of the most luminous short stories written, and the cavalry stories put Hemingway's pretensions to engagement to shame. ( )