martedì 23 febbraio 2021

 LE DODICI SEDIE






IL LIBRO:

Le dodici sedie (in russo Двенадцать стульев, Dvenadcat' stul'ev) è un romanzo scritto e pubblicato nel 1928 da Il'ja Arnol'dovič Il'f e Evgenij Petrovič Petrov.

* INDICE

    PART I:

THE LION OF STARGOROD 1 Bezenchuk and the Nymphs 2 Madame Petukhov's Demise 3 The Parable of the Sinner 4 The Muse of Travel 5 The Smooth Operator 6 A Diamond Haze 7 Traces of the Titanic 8 The Bashful Chiseller 9 Where Are Your Curls? 10 The Mechanic, the Parrot, and the Fortune-teller 11 The Mirror-of-Life Index 12 A Passionate Woman Is a Poet's Dream 13 Breathe Deeper: You're Excited! 14 The Alliance of the Sword and Ploughshare

    PART II:

IN MOSCOW 15 A Sea of Chairs 16 The Brother Berthold Schwartz Hostel 17 Have Respect for Mattresses, Citizens! 18 The Furniture Museum 19 Voting the European Way 20 From Seville to Granada 21 Punishment 22 Ellochka the Cannibal 23 Absalom Vladimirovich Iznurenkov 24 The Automobile Club 25 Conversation with a Naked Engineer 26 Two Visits 27 The Marvellous Prison Basket 28 The Hen and the Pacific Rooster 29 The Author of the "Gavriliad" 30 In the Columbus Theatre

    PART III:

MADAME PETUKHOV'S TREASURE 31 A Magic Night on the Volga 32 A Shady Couple 33 Expulsion from Paradise 34 The Interplanetary Chess Tournament 35 Et Alia 36 A View of the Malachite Puddle 37 The Green Cape 38 Up in the Clouds 39 The Earthquake 40 The Treasure