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One of the delights of Russian literature, a tour de force that has been compared to the best of Nabokov and Bulgakov, Yuri Olesha's novella Envy brings together cutting social satire, slapstick humor, and a wild visionary streak. Andrei is a model Soviet citizen, a swaggeringly self-satisfied mogul of the food industry who intends to revolutionize modern life with mass-produced sausage. Nikolai is a loser. Finding him drunk in the gutter, Andrei gives him a bed for the night and a job as a gofer. Nikolai takes what he can, but that doesn't mean he's grateful. Griping, sulking, grovelingly abject, he despises everything Andrei believes in, even if he envies him his every breath.
Producer and sponger, insider and outcast, master and man fight back and forth in the pages of Olesha's anarchic comedy. It is a contest of wills in which nothing is sure except the incorrigible human heart.
Marian Schwartz's new English translation of Envy brilliantly captures the energy of Olesha's masterpiece.
One of the delights of Russian literature, a tour de force that has been compared to the best of Nabokov and Bulgakov, Yuri Olesha's novella Envy brings together cutting social satire, slapstick humor, and a wild visionary streak. Andrei is a model Soviet citizen, a swaggeringly self-satisfied mogul of the food industry who intends to revolutionize modern life with mass-produced sausage. Nikolai is a loser. Finding him drunk in the gutter, Andrei gives him a bed for the night and a job as a gofer. Nikolai takes what he can, but that doesn't mean he's grateful. Griping, sulking, grovelingly abject, he despises everything Andrei believes in, even if he envies him his every breath.
Producer and sponger, insider and outcast, master and man fight back and forth in the pages of Olesha's anarchic comedy. It is a contest of wills in which nothing is sure except the incorrigible human heart.
Marian Schwartz's new English translation of Envy brilliantly captures the energy of Olesha's masterpiece.
Ken Kalfus’s most recent book is a novel, The Commissariat of Enlightenment. He is also the author of two short story collections, Thirst and Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies.
Marian Schwartz has been translating Russian fiction and nonfiction for over thirty years. Her work includes Edvard Radzinsky’s The Last Tsar, Yuri Olesha’s Envy, and many works by Nina Berberova.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 152 |
| Reihe: | New York Review Books Classics |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781590170861 |
| ISBN-10: | 1590170865 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Olesha, Yuri |
| Solist: | Kalfus, Ken |
| Illustrator: | Altman, Natan |
| Übersetzung: | Schwartz, Marian |
| Hersteller: |
New York Review of Books
New York Review Books Classics |
| Maße: | 203 x 126 x 10 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Yuri Olesha |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.05.2004 |
| Gewicht: | 0,181 kg |
Ken Kalfus’s most recent book is a novel, The Commissariat of Enlightenment. He is also the author of two short story collections, Thirst and Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies.
Marian Schwartz has been translating Russian fiction and nonfiction for over thirty years. Her work includes Edvard Radzinsky’s The Last Tsar, Yuri Olesha’s Envy, and many works by Nina Berberova.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 152 |
| Reihe: | New York Review Books Classics |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781590170861 |
| ISBN-10: | 1590170865 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Olesha, Yuri |
| Solist: | Kalfus, Ken |
| Illustrator: | Altman, Natan |
| Übersetzung: | Schwartz, Marian |
| Hersteller: |
New York Review of Books
New York Review Books Classics |
| Maße: | 203 x 126 x 10 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Yuri Olesha |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.05.2004 |
| Gewicht: | 0,181 kg |
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