About the book: 1961 / The fate of the literary collaboration of Ilf and Petrov is unusual. She touches and excites. They did not work together for long, only ten years, but they left a deep, indelible mark on the history of Soviet literature. The memory of them does not fade, and the love of readers for their books does not weaken. The novels “The Twelve Chairs” and “The Golden Calf” are widely known. But these novels rise above the entire literary body, which consists of works of various genres. Reviewing the literary heritage of Ilf and Petrov, not only the works written by them together, but also by each individually, one cannot help but marvel at the breadth of creative possibilities of the writers, the literary brilliance of feuilletons, essays, comedies. Drawings by artists M. Cheremnykh, G. Sundyrev, A. Korobov , K. Rotova.http://ruslit.traumlibrary.net