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The main character of the novel, first published in 1928, by this Russian author duo is the endlessly inventive swindler Ostap Bender, who this time is in search of brilliants in one of 12 upholstered chairs scattered throughout the Soviet Union.
After the great success of Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf, Iljf 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.
In this novel, the author's enthusiasm for life is boundless and he conveys it in the way that is characteristic of him, by describing pure pleasure in women, wine, food, ambience and atmosphere.
This book, awarded in 1888 at the "Kuriera Warszawskiego" contest, is set in Žmudža and describes the history of the protected environment on the estate, similar to the epic "Nad Niemnem" by Eliza Orzeszkowej.