The Enigma of Isaac Babel: Biography, History, Context
Published:
21 October 2009
Online ISBN:
9780804773331
Print ISBN:
9780804759038
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4 Isaac Babel and the Jewish Experience of Revolution
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82–99
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Published:21 October 2009
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Avins, Carol J., 'Isaac Babel and the Jewish Experience of Revolution', in Gregory Freidin (ed.), The Enigma of Isaac Babel: Biography, History, Context (Redwood City, CA , 2009; online edn, Stanford Scholarship Online, 20 June 2013), https://doi.org/10.11126/stanford/9780804759038.003.0004, accessed 20 July 2026.
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This chapter examines Babel's work, especially his story “The Road,” in the context of the written record of the Jewish experience of the Russian Revolution, and offers a fresh reading of one of the most enigmatic stories of Babel's career.
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