{"product_id":"the-twelve-chairs-9780810127722","title":"The Twelve Chairs","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2012 Northern California Book Award for Fiction in Translation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore faithful to the original text and its deeply resonant humor, this new translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Twelve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Chairs\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Twelve Chairs\u003c\/i\u003e retains its universal appeal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-881403\"\u003eIlya Ilf\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3904042\"\u003eEvgeny Petrov\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.10w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810127722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810127725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC051000\"\u003eCultural Heritage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlya 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\u003ci\u003e The Golden Calf\u003c\/i\u003e (1931) and\u003ci\u003e One-Storey High America\u003c\/i\u003e (1936) - were equally popular in Russia.\u003c\/p\u003eAnne O. Fisher translated Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov's \u003ci\u003eThe Little Golden Calf \u003c\/i\u003e(2009), awarded the 2011 AATSEEL Book Prize for Best Translation into English, and \u003ci\u003eIlf and Petrov's American Road Trip: The 1935 Travelogue of Two Soviet Writers \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), short-listed for the 2007 Rossica prize\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in San Francisco.","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698052927725,"sku":"9780810127722","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c3e71de6-0486-4e68-b696-dcc0a7e6eb19.jpg?v=1649894103","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-twelve-chairs-9780810127722","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}