He's like a rain-ain-bow.
Envy by Yuri Olesha, translated byAnthony Wolfe (1936)
Envy by Yuri Olesha, translated by P. Ross (1947)
Envy and Other Works by Yuri Olesha, translated by Andrew R. MacAndrew (1967)
Envy by Yuri Olesha, translated by Robert Payne (1967)
Envy by Yury Olesha, translated by T. S. Berczynski (1975)
Envy by Yuri Olesha, translated by J.C. Butler (1988)
Envy by Yuri Olesha, translated by Clarence Brown (1993)
Envy by Yuri Olesha, translated by Marian Schwartz (2004)
Speaking of translations . . . I rang in the New Year by . . . you'll never guess . . . taking a trip to Half-Price Books. I wasn't really looking for anything . . . though I did take a little look around for Larry Niven books (they didn't have much at all, and last time I was in they had a few, so I guess I'm not the only one in East Louisville who has just fallen for Larry N). And of course I had a look at all of the bargain books. Found a couple of Great Illustrated Classics for Joe to read to me. And I also found a teeny tiny book . . .
. . . well, I guess you can't tell that it's teeny tiny in that picture, can you? How about this:
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Yeah, I know, idn't it? And I do love teeny tiny books. (Haven't we discussed this previously?) So I had to pick it up and have a look. And I read the first few pages and it was verah strunge, and that's the way (uh-huh. uh-huh) I like it, and besides, it was only $2 (and
was the original price, so quite the bargain . . . hence its presence in the Bargain Bin), so I had to get it.
And since I had never heard of Yuri Olesha before I decided to Google about, and that's when I found out how many times the book had been translated previously, which I thought was pretty impressive (though I don't think I'm going to be compelled to try to track them all down . . . although it is a pretty short book, so who knows, maybe that would be cool . . . ).
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