Episode: 0319: Translating Isaac Babel’s Red Calvary

EPISODE · Jan 25, 2022 · 32 MIN

Episode: 0319: Translating Isaac Babel’s Red Calvary

from The Shmooze, The Yiddish Book Center's Podcast · host Yiddish Book Center

Literary translator and editor Peter Constantine joins "The Shmooze" to talk about his work translating Isaac Babel’s "Red Calvary"—a 2022 Great Jewish Books Club selection. In conversation we learn about the roots of "yiddishkeit" in Babel’s work, his artful writing style, and the stories that thread together in "Red Calvary." Episode 0319 January 26, 2022 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, MA

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