Odessa Stories
E919287
Odessa Stories is a celebrated cycle of short stories by Isaac Babel that vividly portrays the colorful, often criminal underworld of early 20th-century Odessa’s Jewish community.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cycle of short stories
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short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Jewish community life
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Jewish underworld in Odessa ⓘ mythologizing of gangsters ⓘ organized crime ⓘ social change in early 20th-century Russia ⓘ violence and humor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Russia
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine publication ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish literature
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literary fiction ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Di Grasso
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Froim the Rook NERFINISHED ⓘ How It Was Done in Odessa NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice in Parentheses NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl-Yankel NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyubka the Cossack NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunset NERFINISHED ⓘ The End of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ The Father NERFINISHED ⓘ The King NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rabbi NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sin of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Story of My Dovecote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Odessa Stories (English translation)
NERFINISHED
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Odessa Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
classic of Russian-Jewish literature
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influential depiction of Odessa myth ⓘ major work of Isaac Babel ⓘ |
| mainSetting |
Moldavanka district of Odessa
NERFINISHED
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Odessa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Benya Krik
NERFINISHED
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Froim Grach NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyubka the Cossack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePublisher | Soviet periodicals ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
blend of lyricism and brutality
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concise prose ⓘ ironic tone ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic studies on Jewish literature
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Russian Civil War era
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early 20th century ⓘ pre-revolutionary Russia ⓘ |
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