The Odessa Tales
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| The Odessa Tales | |
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| Author | Isaac Babel |
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| Original title | Одесские рассказы |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre(s) | Short story collection |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
The Odessa Tales is a collection of short stories by Isaac Babel, situated in Odessa in the last days of the Russian empire and the Russian Revolution. They deal primarily with a group of Jewish thugs that live in the Moldavanka, a ghetto of Odessa. Their leader is Benya Krik, known as the King.
The short stories were turned into the movie Benya Krik in 1926 by Vladimir Vilner.
[edit] External links
- Benya Krik at the Internet Movie Database.
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