Bøger af Ilya Ilf

"e;A remarkably funny book written by a remarkable pair of collaborators."e;New York TimesOstap Bender, the "e;grand strategist,"e; is a con man on the make in the Soviet Union during the New Economic Policy (NEP) period. He's obsessed with getting one last big scorea few hundred thousand will doand heading for Rio de Janeiro, where there are "e;a million and a half people, all of them wearing white pants, without exception."e;When Bender hears the story of Alexandr Koreiko, an "e;undercover millionaire"e;no Soviet citizen was allowed to openly hoard so much capitalthe chase is on. Koreiko has made his millions by taking advantage of the wide-spread corruption and utter chaos of the NEP, all while serving quietly as an accountant at a government office and living on 46 rubles a month. He's just waiting for the Soviet regime to collapse so he can make use of his stash, which he keeps hidden away in a suitcase.Ilya Ilf (18971937) and Evgeny Petrov (19031942) were the pseudonyms of Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg and Evgeny Petrovich Katayev, a pair of Soviet writers who met in Moscow in the 1920s while working on the staff of a newspaper that was distributed to railway workers. The foremost comic novelists of the early Soviet Union (invariably referred to as Ilf & Petrov), the pair collaborated together for a dozen years, writing two of the most revered and loved Russian novels, The Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf, as well as various humorous pieces for Pravda and other magazines. Their collaboration came to an end following the death of Ilya Ilf in 1937he had contracted tuberculosis while the pair was traveling the United States researching the book that eventually became Little Golden America.Konstantin Gurevich is a graduate of Moscow State University and the University of Texas at Austin. He translates with his wife, Helen Anderson. Both are librarians at the University of Rochester.Helen Anderson studied Russian language and literature at McGill University in Montréal. She translates with her husband, Konstantin Gurevich.

The Twelve Chairs is a classic satirical picaresque novel by the Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, published in 1928. Its plot follows characters attempting to obtain jewelry hidden in a chair. A sequel was published in 1931. The novel has been adapted to other media, primarily film.Ilf and Petrov gained a high profile for their two satirical novels: The Twelve Chairs (1928) and its sequel, The Little Golden Calf (1931). The two texts are connected by their main character, Ostap Bender, a con man in pursuit of elusive riches. Both books follow the exploits of Bender and his associates looking for treasure amidst contemporary Soviet reality. They were written and are set in the relatively liberal era in Soviet history, the New Economic Policy of the 1920s. The main characters generally avoid contact with lax law enforcement. Their position outside the organized, goal-driven, productive Soviet society is emphasized. It also gives the authors a convenient platform from which to look at this society and to make fun of its less attractive and less socialist aspects. These are among the most widely read and quoted books in Russian culture. The Twelve Chairs was adapted for ca. twenty movies; in the Soviet Union (by Leonid Gaidai and by Mark Zakharov), in the US (in particular by Mel Brooks), and in other countries.The two writers also traveled across the Great Depression-era United States. Ilf took many pictures throughout the journey, and the authors produced a photo essay entitled "American Photographs," published in Ogoniok magazine.

Roman Il'fa i Petrova Dvenadcat' stul'ev byl napechatan vpervye v 1927 godu i s teh por stal odnoj iz samyh populjarnyh i chitaemyh knig na sovetskom i postsovetskom prostranstve. Rastaskannyj na poslovicy i pogovorki, mnogokratno jekranizirovannyj, on ostaetsja ostroaktual'nym i, mozhet byt', dazhe eshhe bolee zlobodnevnym v nashe vremja, hotja sleduet priznat', chto Velikij Kombinator, syn turecko-poddannogo, vygljadit sushhim rebenkom rjadom s sovremennymi malosimpatichnymi svoimi posledovateljami. S prekrasnymi illjustracijami!

Vy chitali Zolotoj telenok Il'fa i Petrova? Ljuboj obrazovannyj chelovek skazhet: Konechno, chital! My skazhem: Konechno, ne chitali! Potomu chto do sih por Zolotoj telenok izdavalsja ne polnost'ju i ne v tom vide, v kakom ego napisali avtory, a v tom, v kakom ego razreshili sovetskie redaktory i sovetskaja cenzura. Jeta kniga-polnaja versija Zolotogo telenka, vosstanovlennaja izvestnymi filologami Davidom Fel'dmanom i Mihailom Odesskim. Chitatel' uznaet, chto nachinalsja roman sovsem ne tak, kak my privykli chitat'. I zakanchivalsja tozhe sovsem ne tak. V prilozhenii k izdanii budet pomeshhena inaja versija zakljuchitel'noj chasti. A iz predislovija, napisannogo D.Fel'dmanom i M.Odesskim, stanet jasno, chto istorija sozdanija Dvenadcati stul'ev i Zolotogo telenka - sama po sebe zahvatyvajushhij detektivnyj roman, v kotorom v polnoj mere otrazilas' politicheskaja zhizn' strany konca 20-h - nachala 30-h godov.

Sud'ba literaturnogo sodruzhestva Il'fa i Petrova neobychna. Ona trogaet i volnuet. Oni rabotali vmeste nedolgo, vsego desjat' let, no v istorii sovetskoj literatury ostavili glubokij, neizgladimyj sled. Pamjat' o nih ne merknet, i ljubov' chitatelej k ih knigam ne slabeet. Shirokoj izvestnost'ju pol'zujutsja romany Dvenadcat' stul'ev i Zolotoj telenok. Beshenyj uspeh, kotoryj obrushilsja na Il'fa i Petrova posle vyhoda Dvenadcati stul'ev, pobudil soavtorov voskresit' svoego geroja, syna turecko-poddannogo Ostapa Bendera. Blistatel'naja dilogija, esli verit' samim avtoram, - ne vydumka. Vydumat' mozhno bylo by i posmeshnee. Jeto jenciklopedija sovetskogo njepa, jenciklopedija byta pervogo pokolenija sharikovyh. Kak i ran'she - voshititel'no. Za poslednie 10 let ot predydushhego prochtenija - huzhe knizhka ne stala. Rekomenduju vsem chitat' i perechityvat'. Kniga prekrasno illjustrirovana!

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Sud'ba literaturnogo sodruzhestva Il'fa i Petrova neobychna. Ona trogaet i volnuet. Oni rabotali vmeste nedolgo, vsego desjat' let, no v istorii sovetskoj literatury ostavili glubokij, neizgladimyj sled. Pamjat' o nih ne merknet, i ljubov' chitatelej k ih knigam ne slabeet. Shirokoj izvestnost'ju pol'zujutsja romany Dvenadcat' stul'ev i Zolotoj telenok. Beshenyj uspeh, kotoryj obrushilsja na Il'fa i Petrova posle vyhoda Dvenadcati stul'ev, pobudil soavtorov voskresit' svoego geroja, syna turecko-poddannogo Ostapa Bendera. Blistatel'naja dilogija, esli verit' samim avtoram, - ne vydumka. Vydumat' mozhno bylo by i posmeshnee. Jeto jenciklopedija sovetskogo njepa, jenciklopedija byta pervogo pokolenija sharikovyh. Kak i ran'she - voshititel'no. Za poslednie 10 let ot predydushhego prochtenija - huzhe knizhka ne stala. Rekomenduju vsem chitat' i perechityvat'. Kniga prekrasno illjustrirovana!

Neunyvayushchij velikij kombinator Ostap Bender prodolzhaet puteshestvovat' po Sovetskoj Rossii. Da, vo vremena neslozhivshegosya biznes-proekta Dvenadcat' stul'ev Bendera polosnuli britvoj po gorlu, bylo tyazhko no on vyzhil, popravil zdorov'e, nabralsya svezhih idej i ishchet vozmozhnost' dlya prilozheniya svoego talanta. Sluchajno vstrechennyj im melkij projdoha SHura Balaganov rasskazyvaet Ostapu, chto v gorode CHernomorske budto by zhivet zhizn'yu obychnogo sluzhashchego nastoyashchij podpol'nyj millioner. Bender, v kompanii Balaganova, eshche odnogo moshennika Panikovskogo i chestnogo voditelya Adama Kozlevicha nemedlenno otpravlyaetsya v CHernomorsk. On, konechno, ne budet nikogo grabit' i ubivat'. Ego ubivali, da, no on - nikogda, i v ehtom ego glavnoe zhiznennoe kredo. On budet improvizirovat', i upotrebit vse svoe iskusstvo, vse vozmozhnosti svoi i svoih podel'nikov, on tak vystroit obstoyatel'stva zhizni, chtoby nakonec zapoluchit' dolgozhdannoe bogatstvo... Zolotoj telenok - uvlekatel'noe posobie dlya nachinayushchego avantyurista. U Ostapa vsegda stol'ko idej, i on nikogda ne otchaivaetsya. Dazhe v tyazhelye sovetskie gody, kogda politicheskaya propaganda odnoj dostopamyatnoj partii prevoznosit dostoinstva bednoj, no chestnoj zhizni stroitelej kommunizma, a gosudarstvennye lyudi bditel'no sledyat za otshchepencami, eshche imeyushchimi neuchtennye denezhnye znaki, kogda ne mozhet byt' i rechi o pribylyah i chastnyh nakopleniyah, Bender vse ravno nahodit sposob zarabotat'! Vot, chto znachit nastoyashchij talant!

Sud'ba literaturnogo sodruzhestva Il'fa i Petrova neobychna. Ona trogaet i volnuet. Oni rabotali vmeste nedolgo, vsego desjat' let, no v istorii sovetskoj literatury ostavili glubokij, neizgladimyj sled. Pamjat' o nih ne merknet, i ljubov' chitatelej k ih knigam ne slabeet. Shirokoj izvestnost'ju pol'zujutsja romany Dvenadcat' stul'ev i Zolotoj telenok. No romany jeti vozvyshajutsja nad celym literaturnym massivom, kotoryj sostavljajut proizvedenija samyh razlichnyh zhanrov. Obozrevaja literaturnoe nasledie Il'fa i Petrova, ne tol'ko proizvedenija, napisannye imi vmeste, no i kazhdym v otdel'nosti, nel'zja ne podivit'sja shirote tvorcheskih vozmozhnostej pisatelej, literaturnomu blesku fel'etonov, ocherkov, komedij. Kniga prekrasno illjustrirovana!

Byvshij bogach, svetskij lev i predvoditel' dvoryanstva Ippolit Vorob'yaninov posle revolyucii stal obychnym deloproizvoditelem ZAGSa v malen'kom gorode. On ne zabyl svoih prezhnih privychek i chasto grezit o byloj zhizni. Odnazhdy razmerennyj hod zhizni okazyvaetsya narushen - umirayushchaya teshcha povedala Vorob'yaninovu ob ogromnom bogatstve, vo vremya revolyucii spryatannom eyu v odin iz stul'ev gostinogo garnitura. On tut zhe brosaetsya na poiski, vmeste so vstrechennym im velikim kombinatorom, moshennikom i lyubitelem denezhnyh znakov Ostapom Benderom. Sokrovishche najti budet nelegko, no obuyannyh zhazhdoj bogatstva Bendera i Vorob'yaninova ostanovit' budet nevozmozhno! Dlya predlagaemogo izdaniya za osnovu byl vzyat samyj rannij iz sohranivshihsya variantov, perepisannyj Petrovym (RGALI. F. 1821. Op. 1. Ed. hr. 31). Poglavnoe delenie daetsya po mashinopisnomu variantu, i struktura kommentariya sootvetstvuet ehtim soroka trem glavam (RGALI. F. 1821. Op. 1. Ed. hr. 32-33). V ryade sluchaev uchtena chisto stilisticheskaya pravka mashinopisnogo varianta, no ignoriruyutsya pravka ideologicheskaya i sokrashcheniya. Orfografiya i punktuaciya privedeny v sootvetstvie s normami sovremennogo literaturnogo yazyka. Ob"em izdaniya primerno na 30% bol'she privychnogo vsem, sokrashchennogo. Syuzhet romana i samu ideyu soavtorstva Il'fu i Petrovu predlozhil Valentin Petrovich Kataev - brat Petrova, kotoryj k tomu vremeni uzhe byl literaturnoj znamenitost'yu. Po ego planu rabotat' nadlezhalo vtroem: Il'f s Petrovym nacherno pishut roman, Kataev pravit gotovye glavy rukoyu mastera, pri ehtom literaturnye negry ne ostayutsya bezymyannymi - na oblozhku vynosyatsya tri familii. CHto iz ehtogo poluchilos'? Vsem izvestno...

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Sud'ba literaturnogo sodruzhestva Il'fa i Petrova neobychna. Ona trogaet i volnuet. Oni rabotali vmeste nedolgo, vsego desjat' let, no v istorii sovetskoj literatury ostavili glubokij, neizgladimyj sled. Pamjat' o nih ne merknet, i ljubov' chitatelej k ih knigam ne slabeet. Shirokoj izvestnost'ju pol'zujutsja romany Dvenadcat' stul'ev i Zolotoj telenok. No romany jeti vozvyshajutsja nad celym literaturnym massivom, kotoryj sostavljajut proizvedenija samyh razlichnyh zhanrov. Obozrevaja literaturnoe nasledie Il'fa i Petrova, ne tol'ko proizvedenija, napisannye imi vmeste, no i kazhdym v otdel'nosti, nel'zja ne podivit'sja shirote tvorcheskih vozmozhnostej pisatelej, literaturnomu blesku fel'etonov, ocherkov, komedij. Prekrasnye illjustracii!

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Roman Il'fa i Petrova Dvenadcat' stul'ev byl napechatan vpervye v 1927 godu i s teh por stal odnoj iz samyh populjarnyh i chitaemyh knig na sovetskom i postsovetskom prostranstve. Rastaskannyj na poslovicy i pogovorki, mnogokratno jekranizirovannyj, on ostaetsja ostroaktual'nym i, mozhet byt', dazhe eshhe bolee zlobodnevnym v nashe vremja, hotja sleduet priznat', chto Velikij Kombinator, syn turecko-poddannogo, vygljadit sushhim rebenkom rjadom s sovremennymi malosimpatichnymi svoimi posledovateljami. S prekrasnymi illjustracijami!

This brand new translation of the famous satirical sequel to The Twelve Chairs resurrects the con man Ostap Bender, the smooth operator, and follows him and his three hapless co-conspirators on a hilarious romp through the Soviet Russia and Central Asia of 1930. Bender says he has "very serious differences of opinion with Soviet power. It wants to build socialism, and I don't." The smooth operator wants to emigrate to Rio de Janeiro, so he and his crew set off in pursuit of an underground millionaire, who, Bender is certain, will bring me his money himself, on a little saucer with a sky-blue rim. One of the greatest works of Russian satire of the 20th century (the 1932 American translation billed it as "The book that's too funny to be published in Russia!"), this lively new translation (the first since 1961) by Anne O. Fisher is copiously annotated (nearly 300 footnotes), and includes an introduction by Alexandra Ilf, the daughter of one of the book s two co-authors. So many quotations from The Little Golden Calf have entered everyday Russian speech that it stands alongside the works of Griboyedov, Pushkin, and Gogol for its profound effect on Russian language and culture. The tale overflows with legendary literary episodes, offering a portrait of Russian life that is as funny and true today as it was when the novel was first published (this edition is the first unabridged, uncensored English translation, and is 100% true to the original serial publication). For decades, foreigners trying to understand Russia have been advised to read the adventures of Ostap. This new translation makes them more enjoyable than ever.

Long recognised as a timeless comic masterpiece-it inspired a Mel Brooks film a half century after its publication-The Twelve Chairs appears now in a lively new translation by Anne O. Fisher. Fisher, the most gifted interpreter of Ilf and Petrov in the English language, balances fidelity to the text and the authors' characteristic, deeply resonant humour.