The Story of My Dovecote

In this audiobook, you’ll find autobiographical novellas by one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—Isaac Babel.

Each one recreates a distinct world that the author preserved in his memory: recollections of childhood and first love, vivid Odessa with its criminal legends, and merciless descriptions of revolutionary Petrograd. Combining Dostoevsky’s compassion with Chekhov’s biting wit, Babel created his own precise, journalist’s viewpoint—and at the same time a lyrical literary style that sets him apart from all other writers of Soviet Russia.

Contents:

My Blue-Rookery Story

First Love

Childhood with Grandmother

In the Basement

Awakening

Di Grasso

My First Fee

Guy de Maupassant

The Road

Ivan-and-Marya