The Three Fat Men
The Three Fat Men
Author: Yury Olesha
Desc: Doctor Gaspar Arney What a clever man is he! He can trap the sliest fox He can crack the hardest rocks He can fly from here to Mars He can reach the farthest stars! This jolly song takes us in to the world of make-believe created by Yuri Olesha. The scene is set in a fantastic land ruled by three greedy fat men who are engrossed in eating and making merry in their palace. Meanwhile curious things are happening outside the high palace walls. You will learn all about this and much more when you read this wise merry tale that is so like the truth. The Three Fat Men a favorite with all Soviet children has run to over 30 printings it was made into a film and performed at many theaters in Russia. "Yuri Olesha (1899-1960) a Soviet prose writer and playwright is immensely popular with readers for his novel Envy his short stories plays and the famous book for children The Three Fat Men which is really one of his masterpieces." "Yuri Olesha's book The Three Fat Men is fantastic fabulous abounding in extraordinary transformation and fascinating happenings." -Literaturnaya Gazeta- "There was something Beethovenian in Yuri Olesha even in his voice. His eyes discovered many marvelous impressive things around him and he wrote about them briefly precisely and excellently. -Konstantin Paustovsky-