{"product_id":"envy-new-york-review-books-classics","title":"Envy","description":"\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 \u003cem\u003eEnvy\u003c\/em\u003e 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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eMarian Schwartz's new English translation of \u003cem\u003eEnvy\u003c\/em\u003e brilliantly captures the energy of Olesha's masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yuri Olesha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44953266356271,"sku":"9781590170861","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9781590170861.jpg?v=1770796940","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/envy-new-york-review-books-classics","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}