Immortal, literally from the first to the last word, a duology about the adventures of the irresistible adventurer Ostap Bender “The Twelve Chairs” and “The Golden Calf”. An amazing encyclopedia of life and morals in the USA of the 1930s, full of juicy details - “One-Storey America”. The ironic story of the employee Filyurin who became invisible - “Bright Personality.” Left unfinished due to censorship, the highly satirical cycle of short stories “Extraordinary Stories from the Life of the City of Kolokolamsk”...Funny stories and tales, witty feuilletons, brilliantly written essays - this collection of works includes almost all the works of the classics of Russian literature of the twentieth century, Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov.< /p>