{"product_id":"envy-new-york-review-books-classics","title":"Envy (New York Review Books Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarian Schwartz's new English translation of Envy brilliantly captures the energy of Olesha's masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45553990074591,"sku":"9781590170861","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781590170861.jpg?v=1744079385","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/envy-new-york-review-books-classics","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}