The Complete Works of Isaac Babel Reprint Edition by Isaac Babel, Nathalie Babel, Peter Constantine (136 page)

THE MOST HOLY PATRIARCH

Original title: “Svyateishii patriarch.” First published in Novaya zhizn, July 2, 1918, under the heading “Diary.”

AT THE STATION: A SKETCH FROM LIFE

Original title: “Na stantsii: Nabrosok s naturu First published in Era 6, July 13,1918.

ON PALACE SQUARE

Original title: “Na Dvortsovoi Ploshchadi.” First published in Zhizn Iskusstva, November 11, 1918, under the heading “Diary.”

THE CONCERT IN KATERINENSTADT

Original title: “Kontsert v Katerinenshtadte.” First published in Zhizn Iskusstva, November 13,1918, under the heading “Diary.”

IX. Reports from Georgia, 1922-1924 AT THE WORKERS’ RETREAT

Original title: “Vdome otdykhaFirst published in Zarya Vostoka, June 24,1922, signed K. Lyutov.

KAMO AND SHAUMIAN

Original title: “Kamo i Shaumian.” First published in Zarya Vostoka, August 31, 1933, under the heading “A Letter from Batum.” Signed K. Lyutov.

WITHOUT A HOMELAND

Original title: “Bez rodiny.” First published in Zarya Vostoka, September 14, 1922, under the heading “A Letter from Batum.” Signed K. Lyutov.

MOSLEM SEMINARIES AND SOVIET SCHOOLS

Original title: “Medresse i shkola.” First published in Zarya Vostoka, September 14,1922, under the heading “Letters from Ajaria.” Signed K. Lyutov.

TOBACCO

Original title: “Tabak.” First published in Zarya Vostoka, October 29, 1922, under the heading “A Letter from Abkhazia.” Signed K. Lyutov.

GAGRY

Original title: “Gagry” First published in Zarya Vostoka, November 22,1922, under the heading “Abkhazian letters.” Signed K. Lyutov.

IN CHAKVA

Original title: “V Chakve” First published in Zarya Vostoka, December 3, 1922, under the heading “From a Caucasian Diary.”

RENOVATIONS AND REFURBISHMENT

Original title: “Remont i chistka.” First published in Zarya Vostoka, December 14,1922, under the heading “Abkhazian letters.”

PARIS AND JULIET

Original title: “ ‘Parizof i ‘Yuliya ”. First published in Izvestiya Odesskogo Gubispolkoma, March 17,1924. Signed Bab-El.

X. Reports from France, 1935

The following pieces were originally published in Pioner 3,1937, under the heading “A Trip to France.”

THE CITY OF LIGHT Original title: “Gorod-Svetoch.”

FRENCH SCHOOLS Original title: “Shkola vo Frantsii.”

TOWN AND COUNTRY Original title: “Goroda i derevni.”

COURT OF JUSTICE AND PARLIAMENT Original title: “Pravosudiye i par lament”

THE POPULAR FRONT Original title: “Narodniifront”

THE POWER OF MONEY Original title: “Vlastdeneg”

THE RED BELT Original title: “Krasnii poyas”

XI. Stories, 1925-1938

THE STORY OF MY DOVECOTE

Original title: “Istoriya moyeigolubyatni” First published in Krasnayagazeta, May 18, 19, 20,1925, evening edition. Dated 1925.

FIRST LOVE

Original title: “Pervaya lyubov.” First published in Krasnaya gazeta, May 24, 25, 1925, evening edition. Dated 1925.

KARL-YANKEL

Original title: “Karl-Yankel.” First published in Zvezda 7,1931.

THE AWAKENING

Original title: “Probuzhdeniye” First published in Molodaya gvardiya 17-18,1931, under the heading “From the Book The Story of My Dovecote” Dated 1931.

IN THE BASEMENT

Original title: “V podvale” First published in Novii mir 10, 1931, under the heading “From the Book The Story of My Dovecote” Dated 1929.

GAPA GUZHVA

Original title: “Gapa Guzhva ” First published in Novii mir 10, 1931, under the heading “The First Chapter from the Book Velikaya Krinitsa” Dated spring 1930.

KOLYVUSHKA

Original title: “Kolyvushka.” First published in Vozdushniyeputi, Volume 3, New York, 1963.

THE ROAD

Original title: “Doroga.” First published in 30 dnei 3,1932. Dated 1920-1930.

THE IVAN AND MARIA

Original title: “Ivan-da-Mariya ” First published in 30 dnei 4,1932. Dated 1920-28.

GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Original title: “Gyui de Mopassan” First published in 30 dnei 6, 1932. Dated 1920-22. PETROLEUM

Original title: “Nefts.” First published in Vechernaya Moskva, February 14,1934.

DANTE STREET

Original title: “Ulitsa Dante” First published in 30 dnei 3,1934.

DI GRASSO

Original title: “Di Grasso” First published in Ogonyok 23, 1937.

SULAK

Original title: “Sulak.” First published in Molodoi kolkhoznik 6, 1937.

THE TRIAL

Original title: “Sud” First published in Ogonyok 23,1938, under the heading “From My Notebook.”

MY FIRST FEE

Original title: “Moiperviigonorar.” First published in Vozdushniyeputi, Volume 3, New York, 1963.

XII. VARIATIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS ROAMING STARS: A MOVIE TALE

Original title: “Bluzhdayushchiye zvezdi” First published in Shkval 3,1925. See also the screenplay Roaming Stars.

A STORY

Original tide: “Moi listki. Raskaz I. Babelya” First published in Zhurnal zhurnalov 16,

1917. See also “The Bathroom Window,” of which this is an earlier variant.

INFORMATION

Original title: “Spravka.” First published in the book Izbrannoye, Issac Babel, Moscow, 1966.

THREE IN THE AFTERNOON

Original title: “Tri chasa dnya.” First published in Filologicheskii zbornik, Alma Ata, 1971.

THE JEWESS

Original title: “Evreika.” First published in Novii zhurnal 95, New York, 1969.

XIII. Plays

SUNSET

Original title: Zakat. First published in Novii mir2
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1928.

MARIA

Original title: Mariya. First published in Teatr i dramaturgiya 3,1935.

XIV. Screenplays

ROAMING STARS

Original title: Bluzhdayushchiye zvezdi. First published as the book Bluzhdayushchiye zvezdiy Kino-pechat, Moscow 1926.

BENYA KRIK

Original title: Benya Krik. First published in Krasnaya nov 6, 1926.

THE CHINESE MILL (AN ATTEMPTED MOBILIZATION)

Original title: Kitayskaya melnitsa. First published in Ulbandus Review 1-2, New York, 1978.

NUMBER 4 STARAYA SQUARE

Original title: Staraya Ploshchatd’ 4. First published in Iskusstvo kino 5,1963.

From The Forging of Steel

THE GERMANS IN THE UKRAINE

Original title: Nemtsi na Ukraine. First published in Krasnoarmeyets 9-10, 1938.

IN PETLYURA’S PRISON

Original title: Vtyurmye u Petlyury. First published in Krasnoarmeyets 12,1938.