Michail Afanas'evic Bulgakov

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Michail Afanas'evic Bulgakov (1891–1940) was a Russian/Soviet novelist and playwright, author of The Master and Margarita and Heart of a Dog; he lived and worked in the early 20th century and faced Soviet censorship.

Born 1891 in Kyiv; trained as a physician and served during World War I; worked as a playwright and novelist; had recurring conflicts with Soviet censors; died in 1940. The Master and Margarita was published posthumously (1966-67).

DeBaser reviews view Bulgakov chiefly through The Master and Margarita and Heart of a Dog. Reviewers highlight irony, grotesque and satirical attacks on Soviet society. The Master and Margarita is repeatedly called a masterpiece and noted for its intertwining of fictional planes and mythic elements.

For:Readers of 20th-century Russian literature, fans of satire and magic-grotesque fiction, students of Soviet-era censorship

May the Devil take you!
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The strange adventures of the dog Pallino, transformed into a man after a transplant of human testes and pituitary gland, what disruptive subversive power could they have for the Russian police of the time?
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Because it truly is a masterpiece: a literary polyphony, a small modern mythology that manages to filter through irony the beauty of classics by rinsing away all their weightiness.
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