Sunset

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"Sunset" is a 1926 short story by Russian writer Isaac Babel, known for its vivid portrayal of Jewish life in Odessa and its exploration of family conflict and moral ambiguity.

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Sunset canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Isaac Babel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
genre Jewish literature ⓘ
literary realism ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
hasCriticalReception considered a key Odessa story by Isaac Babel ⓘ
widely studied in Babel scholarship ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Jewish urban underworld of Odessa ⓘ
early Soviet period ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasLength short story length ⓘ
hasTimePeriodDepicted early 20th century ⓘ
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage Закат ⓘ
includedIn collections of Isaac Babel’s Odessa stories ⓘ
literaryMovement Russian modernism ⓘ
linked to: Russian avant-garde

Soviet literature of the 1920s ⓘ
mainThemes Jewish life in Odessa ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
honor and reputation ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
power and authority within the family ⓘ
violence and cruelty ⓘ
narrativeStyle compressed, economical prose ⓘ
ironic tone ⓘ
vivid description ⓘ
notableFor depiction of patriarchal authority ⓘ
moral complexity of its characters ⓘ
portrayal of Jewish family life ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
partOf Odessa Stories ⓘ
publicationYear 1926 ⓘ
settingCountry Ukraine ⓘ
settingCulturalContext Jewish community in Odessa ⓘ
settingLocation Odessa ⓘ
linked to: Odesa

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Isaac Babel → notableWork → Sunset ⓘ
Odessa Stories → hasPart → Sunset ⓘ