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July 30, 2020 10:11 AM

On Every Page May I Present A Lion or An Elephant
A children's poem by Soviet Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsy, illustrated by Futurist artist Kirill Zdanevich, translated by Mayakovsky expert Dr Rosy Carrick.
posted by thatwhichfalls (8 comments total)

Related: this archive of Soviet children's books.
posted by the_blizz at 12:06 PM on July 30, 2020

I don't know - he seems to be leaning awfully hard on the "may" in the title. I only saw one lion and two elephant pages. Lots of nice non-elephant/lion animals though.
posted by rtimmel at 12:27 PM on July 30, 2020 [2 favorites]

"There's a Capitalist at the End of This Book"

"The Very Hungry Rentier Class"

"Alexander Kerensky and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"
posted by jedicus at 12:32 PM on July 30, 2020 [3 favorites]

"The Giving According to Your Abilities Tree"
posted by thatwhichfalls at 12:34 PM on July 30, 2020 [6 favorites]

I don't know - he seems to be leaning awfully hard on the "may" in the title. I only saw one lion and two elephant pages. Lots of nice non-elephant/lion animals though.

Probably needs a list at the end of the book with page numbers for where you can find the pictures of lions. I have no idea what you'd call such a thing.
posted by LionIndex at 12:54 PM on July 30, 2020 [29 favorites]

Probably needs a list at the end of the book with page numbers for where you can find the pictures of lions. I have no idea what you'd call such a thing.
posted by LionIndex at 12:54 PM on July 30

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...this is the most specific iteration of a long con I've ever seen
posted by taquito sunrise at 2:56 PM on July 30, 2020 [21 favorites]

Comrade motorcyclist kangaroo (#2) is my kind of animal.
posted by rodlymight at 9:16 PM on July 30, 2020 [1 favorite]

Tovarishch Lev i Kinozvezda.
posted by clavdivs at 10:04 PM on July 30, 2020