Red Cavalry
E919286
Red Cavalry is a renowned cycle of short stories by Isaac Babel that portrays the brutality and moral ambiguity of the Polish–Soviet War through vivid, modernist prose.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cycle of short stories
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Isaac Babel’s experiences with the Red Army ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed in 20th-century world literature ⓘ |
| depicts |
brutality of war
ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine publication ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
ⓘ
war fiction ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
ⓘ
multiple world languages ⓘ |
| influenced |
Soviet and post-Soviet prose
ⓘ
later war literature ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| laterPublicationForm | book collection ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
compressed, laconic narration
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lyrical violence ⓘ vivid prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Polish–Soviet War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableStory |
Crossing the Zbrucz
NERFINISHED
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My First Goose NERFINISHED ⓘ Salt NERFINISHED ⓘ Squadron Commander Trunov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Isaac Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Cossack horsemen
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Jewish communities in the war zone ⓘ Red Army cavalry units ⓘ Soviet revolutionary ideology ⓘ anti-Semitism ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Eastern Europe
NERFINISHED
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Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1919–1921 ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish experience in wartime
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anti-heroism ⓘ conflict between ideology and reality ⓘ heroism and cowardice ⓘ identity ⓘ religion and secularism ⓘ revolution and disillusionment ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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