by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov, Maurice Friedberg, John H.C. Richardson
Almost ten years after the Russian Revolution, Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobryaninov has put his past as an aristocrat behind him. Unlike most of his class, he as managed to avoid the gulag or execution. He works as a low-level bureaucrat in a provincial town. He doesn’t have much to complain about othe...
I'm almost ashamed for not enjoying this book a lot more, but I suppose I've read it too late. The beginning was one of the funniest I've come across in a long time, there were hilarious moments when I laughed out loud, the plot was really well crafted at times and it had some interesting insights i...
Director: Mel BrooksRon Moody ... Ippolit Vorobyaninov Frank Langella ... Ostap Bender Dom DeLuise ... Father Fyodor Andréas Voutsinas ... Nikolai Sestrin Diana Coupland ... Madame Bruns
Foreword and NotesTranslator's Introduction--The Twelve ChairsTranslator's Notes
Foreword and NotesTranslator's Introduction--The Twelve ChairsTranslator's Notes
I think I missed the boat on this. It came highly recommended as being hilariously funny and a true classic of Russian literature. Perhaps it is the translation I read (by John H. Richardson in 1961). It struck me as mostly mean and sad. I could catch glimmers of witty but again, I think the transla...
Ostap Bender, I almost fell for you. The book is super funny. However, when I tried Golden Calf I kind of fell asleep. Not the book's fault.
finally finished!quite funny, though the reality it portrays is very bleak. Amusing to think it was one of the books burnt by the nazis.
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