The Twelve Chairs. The Golden Calf. One-Story America

Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov — famous satirical writers and journalists of the first half of the 20th century. After the publication of the famous novel «The Twelve Chairs» in 1928, the creators faced immense popularity, prompting the co-authors to «resurrect» their hero, the cheerful and charming swindler Ostap Bender, and to embark on the creation of the novel «The Golden Calf» (1931). Today, everyone knows these two novels, they have long become quotable and endured hundreds of successful reprints. This book, in addition to the novels «The Twelve Chairs» and «The Golden Calf», includes the famous cycle of essays «One-Story America», the last work of Ilf and Petrov about their journey across the United States of America, full of interesting stories and observations.