двенадцать стульев dvenadtsat stulyev is a classic satirical novel by the odessan soviet authors ilf and petrov published in 1928 its plot follows characters attempting to obtain jewelry hidden in a chair its main character ostap bender reappears in the book s sequel the golden calf in spite of his apparent death in chairs.
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Brilliant book with specific heroes and complicated russian realities.
This is the first of three books by ilf and petrov it is really funny and has actually been made into a movie in a central park in odessa there is a brass rendition of the chair and people who know are seen photographing each other in in.
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Super swindler ostap bender is the russian punch in the troubled waters of the 1920 of the soviet russia.
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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.
Including 200 000 copies of ilf and petrov s the twelve chairs and the little golden calf.
This is the first of three books by ilf and petrov it is really funny and has actually been made into a movie in a central park in odessa there is a brass rendition of the chair and people who know are seen photographing each other in in.
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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 twelve chairs brings ilf and petrov s russian classic fully to life.