The twelve chairs : a novel
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Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2011.
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Book
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Port Angeles - Fiction (Adult)
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Published
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2011.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 546 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Russian under the title Dvenadtsat' Stul'ev in 1928."
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Includes bibliographical references.
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"Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyaninov, a former nobleman eking out a living in the provinces, has returned to his hometown in search of the jewels his mother-in-law hid in one of a set of twelve identical dining room chairs to avoid confiscation by Soviet officials. Now the chairs themselves have been scattered to the four winds. Enter Ostap Bender, the smooth operator--an inveterate con artist and one of the most iconic figures in Russian literature--who volunteers his services for a generous take of the profits. The adventures of this unlikely pair take them across the fledgling Soviet state, from the provinces to Moscow to the peaks of the Transcaucasian Mountains."--P. [4] of cover.