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Journey Begins

Author
Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov
Language
Russian
Length
20 pages
ISBN
9781787367647
Published
9 September 2023
Imprint
Sovereign
  • humor
  • satire
  • Soviet
  • utopia
  • social commentary
  • quirky characters
  • witty observations
  • Ilya Ilf

Description

In October 1933, Ilf and Petrov arrived in Sevastopol in anticipation of their departure abroad. Their journey was to begin on a cruiser escorted by two destroyers. It was a small group of writers and artists who went abroad. Ilf and Petrov had a unique opportunity to go on this journey on a handsome blue cruiser, the flagship. In addition, the cartoonist Boris Yefimov was in this company, who, of course, added brightness and fun to this journey.

Author

Ilya Ilf (1897–1937) was a Soviet journalist and satirist best known for his collaboration with Yevgeny Petrov. Together — as Ilf and Petrov — they wrote The Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf, comic novels of hustlers, schemes, and the absurdities of early Soviet life that remain among the funniest books in Russian literature.