by Petrov, Evgeniĭ, Fisher, Anne O., Il'f, Il'ia
fromNorthwestern world classics
by Petrov, Evgenij, Fisher, Anne O., Ilʹf, Ilʹja
fromNorthwestern world classics
by Ilʹf, Ilʹi︠a︡, Petrov, Evgeniĭ, Fisher, Anne O.
fromNorthwestern world classics
by Ilʹf, Ilʹi︠a︡, Petrov, Evgeniĭ, Fisher, Anne O.
fromNorthwestern world classics
"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 th…
Introduction: on the dubious virtue of selfishness -- Radicalizing Dostoevsky -- "The most atrocious work of Russian literature" -- Dostoevsky reborn -- Rigor mortus, or waiting for Rakhmetov -- Fire in the minds of men -- Rakhmetov lives! -- The vengeance of the muse -- In the …
Literary history meets economic policy in this entertaining polemic on the ethical and potentially destructive power of terrible literature. --Publisher. "Literature can be used to disseminate ideas with devastating real-life consequences. In How Bad Writing Destroyed the World…
Literary history meets economic policy in this entertaining polemic on the ethical and potentially destructive power of terrible literature. --Publisher. "Literature can be used to disseminate ideas with devastating real-life consequences. In How Bad Writing Destroyed the World…
"The central event in Time, forward! is a successful attempt by a brigade of workmen at Magnitogorsk, in competition with a brigade working in Karkov, to break the world's record for pouring concrete. The vivid action reveals the mechanisms developed in the USSR during the Firs…
