In the land of unafraid idiots (collection)

"Be sure to write down," Ilf often told his co-author, "everything passes, everything is forgotten. I understand - I don't want to write it down. I want to stare, not write down. But then you have to force yourself." Facts, events, the smallest details, and most importantly, portraits of strange, eccentric, absurd and narrow-minded compatriots - all this, taken from notebooks and seemingly writte...