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Mikhail Bulgakov

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853993409 ISBN 13: 9781853993404

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press, 1998

Synopsis

Mikhail Bulgakov’s Heart of a Dog, written in 1925 but not published in Russia until 1987, is one of the most successful early works by the author of the Master and Margarita. In places horrific, in places riotously farcical, it tells the story of the Faustian Professor Preobrazhensky, who transfers to the body of a stray dog the testicles and pituitary gland of a convicted ne’er-do-well murdered in a pub brawl. The Professor soon has reason to fear that he resulting creature will take over not only his cultural environment, but the whole of society. He terminates the experiment.

The introduction of this edition places this book in the context of Bulgakov’s life and works, while the commentary gives essential information for understanding contemporary allusions, subtext and wordplay. There is a glossary of useful and relevant vocabulary.

About this title

About the Author

Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) was a Soviet Russian author and playwright best known for The Master and Margarita, Black Snow and Diaboliad.

Avril Pyman was Reader in Russian at the University of Durham, UK ; she was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1996. Her publications include A History of Russian Symbolism (1994)

Edition details

• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853993409
• ISBN 13: 9781853993404
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132