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New translation of a lesser known work by the famous author of The Master and Margarita. In Bulgakov's Diaboliad, the modest and unassuming office clerk Korotkov is summarily sacked for a trifling error from his job at the First Central Depot for the Materials for Matches, and tries to seek out his newly assigned superior Kalsoner, responsible for his dismissal. His quest through the labyrinth of Soviet bureaucracy takes on the increasingly surreal dimensions of a nightmare. This early satirical story, reminiscent of Gogol and Dostoevsky, was first published in 1924 and incurred the wrath of pro-Soviet critics. Along with the three other stories in this volume which also feature explorations of the absurd and bizarre, it provides a fascinating glimpse into the artistic development of the author of The Master and Margarita.
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One of the greatest modern Russian writers, perhaps the greatest --The Independent
A writer of fantastic genius --Sunday Times
Bulgakov is a wild, mobile, crafty devotee of ideas --The Guardian
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A writer of fantastic genius --Sunday Times
Bulgakov is a wild, mobile, crafty devotee of ideas --The Guardian
An explosive collection of short stories which display all of Bulgakov's surreal inventiveness and biting satirical humour
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- PublisherAlma Classics
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1847491537
- ISBN 13 9781847491534
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages120
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