The red cavalry

Isaac Babel — the master of short stories, a brilliant stylist, each time surprising the reader with its sonorous and elastic prose, rich colors and spicy flavors of the South Russian. Dashing cars of the Civil war, Babel was held together with the First cavalry army. The experience of these vehement days is reflected in the famous cycle of stories, where the author without the crafty embellishment, with mixed feelings of admiration and horror describes the everyday life of konarmiya. After reading snippets of this series, published in the journal "Krasnaya Nov" Semyon Budyonny was infuriated. But Maxim Gorky favored the young writer, and thanks to his patronage of "the red cavalry" soon saw the light. However, fierce debate her about the criticism continued for a long time. And for good reason — even today, this book is able to burn and stab it in the heart.