The satirical short stories by virtuoso masters Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov “1001 days, or the New Scheherazade” are based on the true events of the 1920s, horrifying with the absurdity of social relations, the dominance of bureaucracy, and the disorder of everyday life. This book also includes witty and brilliant stories “Bright Personality”, “Extraordinary Stories from the Life of the City of Kolokolamsk”, vaudeville, scripts, credits for the film “The Feast of St. Jorgen”. Of particular interest are the books published in the book “Notebooks” by I. Ilf and the memoirs of E. Petrov about him.