Name/Title
"Los tres gordinflones" (The Three Fat Men), by Yuri Olesha — Gente Nueva / Editorial Progreso, 1974Entry/Object ID
2026.6.1Description
Illustrated children's book (hardcover with pictorial dust jacket), Spanish translation of Yuri Olesha's Soviet novel. The jacket depicts story characters — an acrobat in a green neckerchief, a girl in a red dress, a red-haired man, and a scholar above an ochre title band, with the three fat men tumbling below — under the title "LOS TRES GORDINFLONES" and the author's name "Yuri Olesha." Cloth binding visible at the spine foot.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Front: "Yuri Olesha"; "LOS TRES GORDINFLONES." Imprint (Gente Nueva / Editorial Progreso) and 1974 date per the title page/colophon.Book Details
Author
Yuri OleshaPublication Translator
A. HerráizPlace Published
City
MoscowCountry
U.S.S.R.Region
Eastern EuropeContinent
EuropeDate Published
1974Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Yuri OleshaNotes
authorPerson or Organization
Editorial ProgresoPerson or Organization
Editorial Gente NuevaRelated Places
Place
City
MoscowCountry
U.S.S.R.Region
Eastern EuropeContinent
EuropeNotes
publicationPlace
City
HavanaCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaNotes
attribution, useResearch Notes
Notes
Los tres gordinflones — the adventures of a scholar, an acrobat, a girl, and an armorer against three heartless fat men who oppress their subjects from a palace — was Yuri Olesha's greatest success and is a classic of Soviet children's literature. First published 1924, it is a revolutionary fairy tale centered on the overthrow of three tyrannical rulers.
This 1974 edition is a co-edition of Cuba's Editorial Gente Nueva and Moscow's Editorial Progreso — a characteristic Soviet–Cuban collaboration that supplied Soviet children's classics to Cuban readers in Spanish.
Translation attributed to A. Herráiz (the standard Progreso translation).Created By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
February 22, 2026Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
June 15, 2026