The Enigma of Isaac Babel by Freidin Gregory

The Enigma of Isaac Babel by Freidin Gregory

Author:Freidin, Gregory.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011-07-28T16:00:00+00:00


. . . everything resumed movement: the coachmen loosened the reins, lowered their long whips; the horses, animated, shook their harness chains, tossed foam around them, and the hindquarters and the damp harnesses smoked in the water vapor intersected by the setting sun. Passing under the Arc of Triumph, it cast a reddish light at a man’s height that made the wheel hubs sparkle, the door knobs, the tips of the team shafts, the saddle rings; and, on both sides of the great avenue—resembling a river in which manes, clothing, human heads undulated—the trees all glistening with rain loomed, like two green walls. The blue sky above came out again in patches, soft as satin. (271–72)



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