Person/Isaac Babel

• Isaac Babel

  • Russian-Soviet journalist, playwright, and short-story writer.
  • Bio: Best known for Red Cavalry and the Odessa Tales. His 1932 short story "Guy de Maupassant" contains a widely quoted line about the power of the period; Person/Raymond Carver cites it in his essay "On Writing," and Person/Gary Saul Morson has noted that English translations of the line vary considerably from the Russian.
  • Quotes
    • Person/Isaac Babel/Story/32/Guy de Maupassant/Quote/No Iron Can Pierce The Heart Like A Period
      • Person/Isaac Babel/Story/32/Guy de Maupassant/Quote/No Iron Can Pierce The Heart Like A Period

        • No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.
          

          • From Person/Isaac Babel/Story/32/Guy de Maupassant, the narrator says this