Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists
Kirschenbaum, Lisa A. (West Chester University, Pennsylvania) 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.