Ostap Bender Series by Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, Iļja Ilfs, Jevgeņijs Petrovs

4.50 · 66 ratings
  • The Twelve Chairs (Ostap Bender #1)
    #1

    The Twelve Chairs (Ostap Bender #1)

    Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings · published 1928

    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... more

  • The Little Golden Calf (Ostap Bender #2)
    #2

    The Little Golden Calf (Ostap Bender #2)

    Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 1931

    The name The Little Golden Calf comes from the Bible, the Book of Exodus 32:1-4 Delighted applause from both sides of the Atlantic greeted the first publication of this comic clasic about Soviet life in the early years after the Revolution. Social changes then were so drastic and came so thick and fast that even most Russians were confused. This is the story of Ostap Bender, opportunist and small time crook, who makes the most of the situation... more

  • Divpadsmit krēsli / Zelta teļš (Ostap Bender #1-2)
    #1-2

    Divpadsmit krēsli / Zelta teļš (Ostap Bender #1-2)

    Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov, Iļja Ilfs, Jevgeņijs Petrovs

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings · published 1931

    Romāna autoru smalkā ironija, humors un dzirkstošā asprātība, ar kādu viņi radījuši tālaika dzīves neticamās nejaušības un bezjēdzības Krievijā, mietpilsonību un birokrātiju, nebija glaimojošs padomju varai. Saistošais sižets – divu avantūrisku vīru dzīšanās pēc krēslā noslēptām dārglietām – ir bijis pamatā arī vairākām veiksmīgām ekranizācijām, kas darījušas neaizmirstamus gan spilgtos, izteiksmīgos tēlus, gan viņu trāpīgos, aforismiem līdzīgos izteicienus.

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