The twelve chairs
Subtitle: a novel
By: Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov ; translated from the Russian by Anne O. Fisher ; foreword by Alexandra Ilf
Contributors: Petrov, Evgeniĭ, 1903-1942; Fisher, Anne O.
Series: Northwestern world classics
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9780810127722
Subjects: Ficiton; Description and travel; Lost articles; Russian fiction; Satire; Fiction
Work titles: Dvenadt︠s︡atʹ stulʹev
Description: "Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyaninov, a former nobleman eking out a living in the provinces, has returned to his hometown in search of the jewels his mother-in-law hid in one of a set of twelve identical dining room chairs to avoid confiscation by Soviet officials. Now the chairs themselves have been scattered to the four winds. Enter Ostap Bender, the smooth operator--an inveterate con artist and one of the most iconic figures in Russian literature--who volunteers his services for a generous take of the profits. The adventures of this unlikely pair take them across the fledgling Soviet state, from the provinces to Moscow to the peaks of the Transcaucasian Mountains."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: "Originally published in Russian under the title Dvenadtsat' Stul'ev in 1928."

Includes bibliographical references.