Episode: 0319: Translating Isaac Babel’s Red Calvary

25/01/2022 32 min
Episode: 0319: Translating Isaac Babel’s Red Calvary

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Episode Synopsis

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