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pscot

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27. The Red Cavalry stories and Tales of Odessa

Reply to petronius (Reply #16)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 03:53 PM

Nov 2016

are the best. Read The story of my Dovecot and My First Goose side by side. They're brilliant stories that point in completely opposite directions. Babel must have been a deeply conflicted man. He was a committed revolutionary when he was younger, but he disappeared into the gulags some time in the late 1930's. He was one of the very greatest short story writers

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What are you reading this week of November 20, 2016? [View all] hermetic Nov 2016 OP

Splinter the Silence, by Val McDermid shenmue Nov 2016 #1

Wow, sounds great! hermetic Nov 2016 #2

Very timely shenmue Nov 2016 #15

Xactly! hermetic Nov 2016 #17

My Name is Lucy Barton, by author of Olive Kitteridge CurtEastPoint Nov 2016 #3

Here is my favorite place hermetic Nov 2016 #4

I've just started. It's a very thought-full book so far. CurtEastPoint Nov 2016 #10

The Princess Bride. LWolf Nov 2016 #5

Is that the same hermetic Nov 2016 #6

Of course there's a book-Grandpa read it to the boy. Just teasing. TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #7

Oh you! hermetic Nov 2016 #8

"The Princess Bride" is one of our all time fav flicks. TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #13

Talked me into it hermetic Nov 2016 #18

Yes. LWolf Nov 2016 #11

I'm going to read the book hermetic Nov 2016 #19

I'm having fun, anyway. LWolf Nov 2016 #21

Thanks for the thread, hermetic. Starting "Cold is the Grave" by Peter Robinson TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #9

I don't remember either hermetic Nov 2016 #12

I found him/her. It was raccoon. TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #14

I just grabbed "The Complete Works of Isaac Babel" from the e-library petronius Nov 2016 #16

Sounds quite impressive hermetic Nov 2016 #20

The Red Cavalry stories and Tales of Odessa pscot Nov 2016 #27

Thanks so much for the thread, hermetic. I couldn't get into the japple Nov 2016 #22

Hi hermetic Nov 2016 #24

I saw that and laughed my ass off. That little dog was so cute. japple Nov 2016 #25

I just finished Paulette Jiles "The News of the World" womanofthehills Nov 2016 #23

Yes, I just finished that as well. It is a sequel to The Color of Lightning. It japple Nov 2016 #26