[PW] Re: ?Isaac Babel quote

[David Anderson]

According to The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 5th ed, edited by
Elizabeth Knowles (1999): Isaac Babel, 1894--1940, Russian short-story
writer, p.41/1: "Both of us looked on the world as a meadow in May--a meadow
traversed by women and horses." Red Cavalry (1926), 'The Story of a Horse'
translated by Walter Morison.

David Anderson

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From: "Alice Falk" <afalk at his.com>
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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
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