Evgenij Petrov

12 stolica

A satirical search for hidden treasure in post-revolutionary Russia. Former nobleman Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov and con artist Ostap Bender chase after valuables, exposing the greed and absurdities of Soviet society.

Dvanaest stolica

The main character of the novel is the ingenious swindler Ostap Bender, who this time is looking for diamonds in one of 12 upholstered chairs blown up across the Soviet Union.

Jednokatna Amerika

After the great success of The Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf, Ilyich and Petrov traveled the United States during the Great Depression and translated their observations into the novel One-Story America, continuing to write in a satirical style.

Kako se stvarao Robinson

Kako se stvarao Robinzon

Djelo prikazuje proces nastanka književnog junaka i ismijava birokraciju, površnost i umjetno stvaranje „idealnih” priča prema unaprijed zadanim pravilima.

Nova Šeherezada

Prizemna Amerika

At the end of 1935, the famous Russian writing duo set off on a car trip across the United States, where they spent a total of three and a half months.

Zlatno tele

The Golden Calf (1931) is a brilliant satirical picaresque adventure, a sequel to the legendary 12 Chairs, where the great schemer Ostap Bender returns in full glory – charming, cynical, irredeemably cunning and always one step ahead of everyone else.

Zlatno telešce

The Golden Calf (1931) follows the ingenious con artist Ostap Bender, who in Soviet Russia during the first five-year plan seeks a secret millionaire in order to get rich, encountering the absurdity of bureaucracy, the new Soviet man, and his own downfall