The Twelve Chairs : A Novel PDF
by Ilf Ilya Ilf, Petrov Evgeny Petrov
Part of the Northwestern World Classics series
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Winner, 2012 Northern California Book Award for Fiction in Translation
More faithful to the original text and its deeply resonant humor, this new translation of The TwelveChairs brings Ilf and Petrov’s Russian classic fully to life. The novel’s iconic hero, Ostap Bender, an unemployed con artist living by his wits, joins forces with Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov, a former nobleman who has returned to his hometown to look for a cache of missing jewels hidden in chairs that have been appropriated by the Soviet authorities. The search for the chairs takes them from the provinces of Moscow to the wilds of the Transcaucasus mountains. On their quest they encounter a variety of characters, from opportunistic Soviet bureaucrats to aging survivors of the old propertied classes, each one more selfish, venal, and bungling than the last. A brilliant satire of the early years of the Soviet Union, as well as the inspiration for a Mel Brooks film, The Twelve Chairs retains its universal appeal.
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- Pages:574 pages
- Publisher:Northwestern University Press
- Publication Date:30/10/2011
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- ISBN:9780810167162
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:574 pages
- Publisher:Northwestern University Press
- Publication Date:30/10/2011
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- ISBN:9780810167162
