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The Twelve Chairs: A Novel
Ilya Ilf
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Description for The Twelve Chairs: A Novel
Paperback. "Originally published in Russian under the title Dvenadtsat' Stul'ev in 1928." Translator(s): Fisher, Ann O. Series: Northwestern World Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 564.
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 Twelve Chairs 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 ... Read more
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 Twelve Chairs 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Northwestern World Classics
Condition
New
Weight
568g
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810127722
SKU
V9780810127722
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About Ilya Ilf
Ilya Ilf Fainzilberg (1837 – 1937) and Evgeny Petrovich Kataev (1903 – 1942) met in Moscow in 1925 and wrote this novel from a plot idea suggested to them by Kataev’s famous brother, the novelist Valentin. Their subsequent joint works – including The Golden Calf (1931) and One-Storey High America (1936) – were equally popular in Russia. Anne O. ... Read more
Reviews for The Twelve Chairs: A Novel
No translator knows Ilf and Petrov like Anne Fisher. The Twelve Chairs is a ruthless skewering of Soviet and Russian culture and society that is as relevant (and funny) today as when it was published in 1928. And of course Fisher’s translation is brilliant and fresh, brimming with invaluable footnotes to provide context and meaning to the text." —Russian Life ... Read more