The Cemetery of Kozin by Isaac Babel is one of the short stories from the Red Cavalry collection, placed on the 522nd spot by the algorithm of The Greatest Books of All Time site, since it takes new data in, changes in the public and critics taste (perhaps), the place could and will change, as for the taste of the hoi polloi, well, they know of The Da Vinci Code, but many fewer have heard of Nineteen Eighty Four – which is sixth on the same GOAT site -nevertheless, you find more than five thousand reviews of books from the aforementioned site and others, plus notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other places on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.html a visit would be welcome

 

The Cemetery of Kozin by Isaac Babel is one of the short stories from the Red Cavalry collection, placed on the 522nd spot by the algorithm of The Greatest Books of All Time site, since it takes new data in, changes in the public and critics taste (perhaps), the place could and will change, as for the taste of the hoi polloi, well, they know of The Da Vinci Code, but many fewer have heard of Nineteen Eighty Four – which is sixth on the same GOAT site -nevertheless, you find more than five thousand reviews of books from the aforementioned site and others, plus notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other places on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.html a visit would be welcome

 

 

9 out of 10

 

We can see from the Red Cavalry https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/pan-apolek-by-isaac-babel-is-one-of.html short stories why Isaac Babel was called "the greatest prose writer of Russian Jewry"

 

Notwithstanding that, the narratives are hard to read, in the sense that there is cruelty, the horror of war is obvious and horrendous, an old Jewish man is killed in one of the first stories, and he asks his tormentors for mercy…

 

He does not want something for him https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/stories-by-isaac-babel-his-red-cavalry.html he is wise enough to see that these villains are not going to listen to a plea to spare him, but at least they should murder him outside, not in front of his daughter, only they do not grant him even that

Animals are also tortured and killed, in the story of The Goose, the narrator tramples and then has the woman of the house cook the bird, then we have another tale wherein this man has his parents die, the neighbors steal things from their property and he takes revenge by murdering old women, dogs hang over wells…

 

Then he collects the things, takes them back inside the house, brings the cow out of the shed, puts a gun inside her mouth and shoots the beats, meanwhile, the calf will scream and will be abandoned there, with the house burning

Another story is called The Death of Dolgushov, by the time this note will be posted, The Death will have been on the blog, maybe on Goodreads as well – over here, they kicked me out for some time, because I am a fervent opponent of Orange Woland, an absolute idiot in my book – and we have terror in there as well

 

This fighter had been hit, now he ahs his guts out and wants to be killed by his comrade, who does not do it, because he is too attached to the dying fellow, or maybe he is made so bad by the war, furthermore, the Poles will come and torture the captive even more, we are told, they are the enemy in here

Which brings me to the reverse situation we have in reality https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/gedali-by-isaac-babel-whoa-was-called.html where Russia is clearly the invader, even worse, after they have killed so many Ukrainians, they seem set to cause trouble for the rest of Europe

 

The perfect storm may be approaching, as in on top of this terrifying situation, the firm where I have 14%, is not making profit this year, the senior partner told me some days ago- he will take me to a meeting with a consultant a week from now, to present options: if the sale is viable, a new boss will be brought in and other possibilities

Maybe some shares should be acquired, as a possible income, if this one will dry out, the flat that is rented now should be sold, though here my sister has a say, and then the spouse says she will move elsewhere, we are separated anyway

 

Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – I am on Goodreads as Realini Ionescu, at least for the moment, if I keep on expressing my views on Orange Woland aka TACO, it may be a short-lived presence

Also, maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.html  – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the benefits from it, other than the exercise per se

 

 There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know

 

As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html

 

Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works

 

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

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