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Dog's Heart

English · Paperback

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"There is absolutely no necessity to learn how to read; meat smells a mile off, anyway. Nevertheless, if you live in Moscow and have a brain in your head, you'll pick up reading willy-nilly, and without attending any courses. Out of the forty thousand or so Moscow dogs, only a total idiot won't know how to read the word 'sausage'."

When a stray dog dying on the streets of Moscow is taken in by a wealthy professor, he is subjected to medical experiments in which he receives various transplants of human organs. As he begins to transform into a rowdy, unkempt human by the name of Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov, his actions distress the professor and those surrounding him, although he finds himself accepted into the ranks of the Soviet state.

A parodic reworking of the Frankenstein myth and a vicious satire of the Communist revolution and the concept of the New Soviet man, A Dog's Heart was banned by the censors in 1925 and circulated only in samizdat form. Nowadays this hugely entertaining tale has become very popular in Russia, and has inspired many adaptations across the world.

About the author

Der russische Romancier Michail Bulgakow (1891-1940) sehnte sich nach Ruhe und führte ein atemloses Leben: Dreimal war er verheiratet; er studierte Medizin, schlug sich als Übersetzer und Theaterregisseur durch. Er war morphiumsüchtig; seine Werke wurden zensiert, er widersetzte sich Stalin, der ihm die Ausreise verwehrte. Als er mit 49 Jahren starb, hatte er die letzten zwölf Jahre an seinem Lebenswerk Meister und Margarita geschrieben.

Summary

A Dog's Heart was banned by the censors in 1925 and circulated only in samizdat form. Nowadays this hugely entertaining tale has become very popular in Russia, and has inspired many adaptations across the world.

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This is a story which is full of metaphorical and ironic prose and is a mixture of the comical and the terrifying. It provides a chilling reminder that if you do monstrous things you are likely to create monsters. This underlying message remains as true today as it was back in the 1920s, and so feels both timely and contemporary. Nudge Books

Product details

Authors Mikhail Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov, Michail Bulgakow
Assisted by Antonina W. Bouis (Translation)
Publisher Alma Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 01.01.2016
 
EAN 9781847495686
ISBN 978-1-84749-568-6
No. of pages 176
Dimensions 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
Series Alma Classics
Alma Classics
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

Russische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.)

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