The Twelve Chairs
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some yellowing and light wear to cover edges. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact.
The Twelve Chairs is a beloved Russian satirical novel that chronicles the frantic quest of the charming con man Ostap Bender and the hapless former nobleman Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov across Soviet Russia in the 1920s. The pair are united by a single obsession: to recover a family fortune in jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs that were scattered and sold off during the Bolshevik Revolution. Ilf and Petrov craft a riotously funny and sharply observed portrait of early Soviet society, skewering bureaucracy, greed, and human folly with wit and precision. The novel's irreverent tone and brilliantly drawn characters — particularly the irrepressible Bender — have cemented its status as one of the great comic masterpieces of world literature. A thrilling and laugh-out-loud adventure, it remains as fresh and relevant today as when it was first published in 1928.
Author: Ilf And Petrov
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some yellowing and light wear to cover edges. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact.
The Twelve Chairs is a beloved Russian satirical novel that chronicles the frantic quest of the charming con man Ostap Bender and the hapless former nobleman Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov across Soviet Russia in the 1920s. The pair are united by a single obsession: to recover a family fortune in jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs that were scattered and sold off during the Bolshevik Revolution. Ilf and Petrov craft a riotously funny and sharply observed portrait of early Soviet society, skewering bureaucracy, greed, and human folly with wit and precision. The novel's irreverent tone and brilliantly drawn characters — particularly the irrepressible Bender — have cemented its status as one of the great comic masterpieces of world literature. A thrilling and laugh-out-loud adventure, it remains as fresh and relevant today as when it was first published in 1928.