tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post3214184478794051593..comments2023-07-08T09:00:54.916-07:00Comments on A Common Reader: Works of Isaac Babel discussion: The Odessa StoriesDwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-55048361262182512432011-06-09T09:45:49.845-07:002011-06-09T09:45:49.845-07:00Mel, glad you discovered Babel. I'll need to r...Mel, glad you discovered Babel. I'll need to re-read that story after having read Bely's Petersburg recently...thanks for the reminder.<br /><br />If you go into his Red Cavalry stories, I recommend reading all of them. It doesn't have to be all at once, but there is a cumulative effect from these stories.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-1293544109963856032011-06-04T17:20:50.851-07:002011-06-04T17:20:50.851-07:00I just read my first story by Issac Babel-"Gu...I just read my first story by Issac Babel-"Guy de Maupassant"-set in 1916 in St Petersburg, Russia-I was motivated to read his work by Frank O'Connor's remarks on him-it can be read online-I really liked it a lot and would like one day to read a lot more Babel-<br /><br />I enjoyed your post as lotMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.com