About “The Three Fat Men”
Three Fat Men is a Russian and Soviet children's story written by Yury Olesha in 1924 and published in 1928. The story portrays a revolution led by the poor against the rich in a fictional country. It is presented in a realistic style, without magic or fairy-tale creatures, though some fantastic elements are included. The book is considered the first revolutionary fairy tale in Soviet literature for its depiction of a popular uprising against a corrupt government. Early reviews of the story were mixed. V. Boichevsky criticized it as a "sugarcoated" presentation of revolution, while Anatoly Lunacharsky saw it as a form of "heart-felt apologetics" by the artistic intelligentsia supporting the revolution. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Published
- 1928
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