Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists. Ilf and Petrov's American Road Trip, Hardback/***

In 1935, two Soviet satirists, Ilia Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, undertook a 10,000 mile American road trip. Lisa Kirschenbaum reconstructs their epic journey and their encounters with a vast cast of characters in order to reveal the role of ordinary individuals in shaping foreign relations between the two countries. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Lisa A. (West Chester University, Pennsylvania) Kirschenbaum Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Maps; 35 Halftones, black and white Number of pages: 354 Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 235 x 162 x 29 Cover type: Hardback