Benya Krik

Concise yet juicy prose of Isaac Babel, his vivid images and amazing ability to combine cruelty with sentimentality had a huge impact on both Russian and world writers. The noble Odessa bandit Benya Krik still remains one of the most famous literary characters of Isaac Babel. Like all the prose of the writer, "Benya Krik" is saturated with the conversational intonation of Odessa: it allows the reader to immerse themselves not only in its visual but also in its acoustic image during the revolutionary period. This edition also includes the story "Wandering Stars. A Story for the Cinema", the screenplay "Wandering Stars", as well as the plays "Maria" and "Sunset".