Envy By Yuri Olesha Introduction by Ken Kalfus Translated by Marian Schwartz New York Review Books, 2004 A classic of Soviet literature, Envy is a humorous look at the individual’s struggle with an industrialized society. Marian Schwartz’s new English translation captures the energy and strangeness of this Russian masterpiece. A tour-de-force that has been compared [...]
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