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Isaac Babel Stories: 1: In the Basement and Awakening

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David Suchet reads a week of stories by the Jewish short-story writer who grew up in Odessa in Ukraine, joined the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution and fought with the Red Army cavalry in Poland in 1920. Translated by David McDuff and abridged by Keith Darvill.

A junior performance of Julius Caesar and the tribulations of learning the violin.

Contributors

Reader:
David Suchet
Author:
Isaac Babel
Translated by:
David McDuff
Abridged by:
Keith Darvill
Producer:
Tim Dee
Source: Radio Times

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