Notebooks

Name: Notebooks
Author: Ilya Ilf

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Ilya Ilf

Soviet author who co-wrote with Yevgeny Petrov two of the funniest novels in the Russian language. The Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf follow the comic con man Ostap Bender through the chaos of Soviet modernization.

More by Ilya Ilf

The Twelve ChairsComic novel about con artists pursuing a valuable chair hidden in a provincial town
The Golden CalfPicaresque sequel continuing the adventures of scheming swindlers across the Soviet landscape
One-Storied AmericaTravel narrative documenting the absurdities of American capitalism and consumer culture
Notes of a Film Director