Ilf and Petrov's American road trip
Subtitle: the 1935 travelogue of two Soviet writers
By: Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov ; edited by Erika Wolf ; with texts by Aleksandr Rodchenko and Aleksandra Ilf ; translated by Anne O. Fisher
Contributors: Petrov, Evgeniĭ, 1903-1942; Wolf, Erika, 1963-; Rodchenko, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich, 1891-1956; Ilʹf, A. I.; Fisher, Anne O
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Cabinet Books; Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781568986005
Subjects: Ilʹf, Ilʹi︠a︡, -- 1897-1937 -- Travel -- United States; Petrov, Evgeniĭ, -- 1903-1942 -- Travel -- United States; Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Description and travel; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945
Work titles: Odnoėtazhnai︠a︡ Amerika.
Description: Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petro, who were the foremost comic novelists of the Soviet Union, traveled through America in the mid-1930's and wrote a series of articles about what they saw.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157)
Table of contents: title: The Road; title: The Small Town; title: Americans; title: At the Birthplace of Mark Twain; title: The Desert; title: Indians; title: California; title: Hollywood; title: Advertising; title: Negroes; title: New York