The Complete Works of Isaac Babel

Considered one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century and the greatest short story writer since ChekhovIsaac Babel also wrote numerous plays, diaries and screenplays.

His terse, violent fiction has left its mark on generations of readers and writers alike, and yet despite his stature, the whole of Babels work has never been assembled in one place. This beautifully presented, landmark edition will stand as his final, most enduring legacy, and introduce an extraordinary writers work to a whole new readership.

Born in Russia in 1894, Isaac Babel was arrested in 1939 and died in a Gulag in 1941.