{"product_id":"envy-9781590170861","title":"Envy","description":"A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProducer 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarian Schwartz's new English translation of \u003ci\u003eEnvy\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly captures the energy of Olesha's masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590170861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 4.96w x 0.41d","brand":"Yuri Olesha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049616736437,"sku":"9781590170861","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_51ab4ff4-a19d-4745-ba01-20d7a31b5dfb.jpg?v=1689691809","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/envy-9781590170861","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}