Red Cavalry and Other Stories by Isaac Babel, David McDuff (Translator) David is fishing off the

David is fishing off the island of Black Conch when he comes upon a creature he doesn't expect: a mermaid by the name of Aycayia

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Red Cavalry and Other Stories by Isaac Babel, David McDuff (Translator) David is fishing off theThroughout his life Isaac Babel was torn by opposing forces, by the desire both to remain faithful to his Jewish roots and yet to be free of them. This duality of vision infuses his work with a powerful energy from the earliest tales including 'Old Shloyme' and 'Childhood', which affirm his Russian Jewish childhood, to the relatively non Jewish world of his collection of stories entitled 'Red Cavalry'. Babel's masterpiece, 'Red Cavalry' is the most