Envy by Yuri Olesha a new translation by Marian Schwartz (New York Review of Books, 2004) Okay, I admit it ... I'm a soccer mom, have been for quite some time now. My term is coming to a close -- I only have one child left in the sport-- but the sport has grown on me. Other than a smattering of soccer scenes in Roddy Doyle novels and children's picture books, I've not come across much soccer in fiction. Imagine my surprise when re-reading Envy (written in 1927) and lo, there it was -... read more
