The Fatal Eggs - Softcover

Mikhail Bulgakov

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981269524 ISBN 13: 9780981269528

Publisher: Translit Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

As the turbulent years following the Russian revolution of 1917 settle down into a new Soviet reality, the brilliant and eccentric zoologist Persikov discovers an amazing ray that drastically increases the size and reproductive rate of living organisms. At the same time, a mysterious plague wipes out all the chickens in the Soviet republics. The government expropriates Persikov's untested invention in order to rebuild the poultry industry, but a horrible mix-up quickly leads to a disaster that could threaten the entire world. This H. G. Wells-inspired novel by the legendary Mikhail Bulgakov is the only one of his larger works to have been published in its entirety during the author's lifetime. A poignant work of social science fiction and a brilliant satire on the Soviet revolution, it can now be enjoyed by English-speaking audiences through this accurate new translation. Includes annotations and afterword.

About this title

Review:

'No aficionado of the genre could fail to be enchanted by this so-perfect example.' -- The Guardian, September 13, 2003

From the Author:

No afficionado of the genre could fail to be enchanted by this so perfect example’ – From the foreword by Doris Lessing

About this edition

• Publisher: Translit Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0981269524
• ISBN 13: 9780981269528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 110