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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.

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No translator knows Ilf and Petrov like Anne Fisher. The Twelve Chairs is a ruthless skewering of Soviet and Russian culture and society that is as relevant (and funny) today as when it was published in 1928. And of course Fisher’s translation is brilliant and fresh, brimming with invaluable footnotes to provide context and meaning to the text." —Russian Life

The Twelve Chairs

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    A Paperback / softback by Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov, Anne O. Fisher

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/10/2011
      ISBN13: 9780810127722, 978-0810127722
      ISBN10: 0810127725

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      No translator knows Ilf and Petrov like Anne Fisher. The Twelve Chairs is a ruthless skewering of Soviet and Russian culture and society that is as relevant (and funny) today as when it was published in 1928. And of course Fisher’s translation is brilliant and fresh, brimming with invaluable footnotes to provide context and meaning to the text." —Russian Life

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