1920 Diary (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300093131)

This diary by the famed twentieth-century Russian writer recounts Babel's experiences with the Cossack cavalry during the Polish-Soviet war of 1919-1920. The basis for Red Cavalry, Babel's best-known work, it records the devastation of the war, the extreme cruelty of the Polish and Red armies alike toward the Jewish population in the Ukraine and eastern Poland, and Babel's own conflicted role as both Soviet revolutionary and Jew.

Author: Isaac Babel
ISBN-10: 0300093136
ISBN-13: 9780300093131
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2002
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 7.73h x 4.98w x 0.51d