The Twelve Chairs (European Classics)

The Twelve Chairs (European Classics)

Ostap Bender is an unemployed con artist living by his wits in postrevolutionary Soviet Russia. He joins forces with Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov, a former nobleman who has returned to his hometown to find a cache of missing jewels which were hidden in some chairs that have been appropriated by the Soviet authorities. The search for the bejeweled chairs takes these unlikely heroes from the provinces to Moscow to the wilds of Soviet Georgia and the Trans-caucasus mountains; on their quest they encounter a wide variety of characters: from opportunistic Soviet bureaucrats to aging survivors of the prerevolutionary propertied classes, each one more selfish, venal, and ineffective than the one before.
Country USA
Brand Northwestern University Press
Manufacturer Northwestern University Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780810114845
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Northwestern University Press
Manufacturer	Northwestern University Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780810114845
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00