Ilf and Petrov's American Road Trip
Description
This volume brings together two vivid accounts of journeys across the United States, separated by seven decades yet linked by curiosity, wit, and a sharp eye for everyday life. The first follows a 1935 road trip through a rapidly modernizing America, while the later journey revisits the country through a very different cultural and historical lens. Together, the books offer an entertaining portrait of American landscapes, technology, people, and contradictions—and invite readers to consider how much the nation has changed, and what has remained familiar. Observant, humorous, and richly comparative, this is both a travel chronicle and a lively study of cultural transformation.
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hardcover
Princeton Architectural Press
Published Jan 1, 2006
158 pages
ISBN: 9781568986005
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Language
eng
Translation
Original: Одноэтажная Америка
From: rus
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