Let Me Finish

Israel Centeno
Sep 7, 2018 · 3 min read

by Israel Centeno

Our blundering quest for Paradise

Isaak Babel in Lubyanka prison, May 1939. Public Domain.

Halfway through the journey of building his own utopia, Isaak Babel, the author of Red Cavalry and Tales of Odessa (and, then, a new member of the Cheka*) said to a colleague, “I just like to have a sniff and see what death smells like.” Later on, perhaps…

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Israel Centeno

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I am a South American author writing in English with a strong accent. Written with an accent.

Israel Centeno

Venezuelan writer, telling stories with accent.

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