From my friend Summer (via McSweeney‘s) comes a round-up of Russian literary classics redone for small children:
Crime and Punishment
Run your hand over Raskolnikov’s scratchy face. He is feverish and pale. Raskolnikov is a murderer. Can the ends ever justify the means?
Master and Margarita
Pet Behemoth’s soft black fur. Behemoth is a giant cat who walks, talks, and discharges firearms. His owner is Satan.
Master and Margarita
Pet Behemoth’s soft black fur. Behemoth is a giant cat who walks, talks, and discharges firearms. His owner is Satan.
If these books existed, I would definitely get them for Sasha. They just better have good illustrations! Hey, Nathan, while you’re in Moscow, can you check around for what Russian kidlit is really like?
That is so awesomely rad! Makes me want to use my French degree again 🙂
I wish someone would have shown me that years ago. Would have save months of laborious reading.