Essential Stories by Isaac Babel - Classic Literature Collection | Perfect for Book Clubs & Literature Lovers" （如果原始标题中的"Of Sunshine and Bedbugs"是特定作品名称，则优化为：） "Of Sunshine and Bedbugs: Essential Stories by Isaac Babel - Classic Literature Book | Great for Book Clubs & Literature Enthusiasts

Translated by Boris Dralyuk

A new selection of Isaac Babel's 26 most vital and beautiful stories.

Isaac Babel honed one of the most distinctive styles in all Russian literature. Brashly conversational one moment, dreamily lyrical the next, his stories exult in the richness of everyday speech and sensual pleasure only to be shaken by brutal jolts of violence.

These stories take us from the underworld of Babel's native Odessa, city of gangsters and lowlives, of drunken brawls and bleeding sunsets, to the terror and absurdity of life as a soldier in the Polish-Soviet War.
 
Selected and translated by the prize-winning Boris Dralyuk, this collection captures the irreverence, passion and coarse beauty of Babel's singular voice.