[PW] Re: ?Isaac Babel quote

Shari Haber shaber at mcls.org
Fri May 26 17:08:07 PDT 2006


Alice,

That quotation appears to be from a short story called "The Story of a
Horse." This story can be found in "The Complete Works of Isaac Babel."
The quotation can be found on page 265 in that book.

Shari Haber
MCLS Reference Center
shaber at mcls.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alice Falk" <afalk at his.com>
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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 4:42 PM
Subject: [PW] ?Isaac Babel quote


> I'm trying to run down the source of a quote from Isaac
Babel--according to
> a poem by Maxine Kumin, he described life "as a meadow over which
women and
> horses wander." A Google search turned up a review that characterizes
Babel
> as "a man who saw life as a 'meadow in May over which women and horses
> wander.'" Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Alice
>
>
> Alice Falk
> (703) 836-3295 / afalk at his.com
> Alexandria, VA
>
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