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Klappentext A full! post-glasnost critical biography of Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 1940). Zusammenfassung Upon publication this was the full, post-glasnost critical biography of Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940). Lesley Milne traces Bulgakov's career from the ethical concept of the writer's role, his response to his time, especially in the 1920s and 1930s, and his search for an audience in and beyond that time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Abbreviations; Transliteration; Dates; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1. Legendary times and extraordinary adventures: the formative years; 2. A calling without distinction: journalism, jottings and Notes on Shirt-cuffs; 3. When empires fall: Diaboliada and Heart of a Dog; 4. The heavenly city: The White Guard; 5. A dramatic debut: The Days of the Turbins and Zoyka's Apartment; 6. Brilliant work: A Country Doctor's Notebook; 7. The race of life: Flight; 8. The tinselled mantle: Crimson Island, 'The Engineer's Hoof', Moliere and the year of catastrophe; 9. All in the wrong direction: unperformed plays and unpublished novels 1930-39; 10. The sunset novel: The Master and Margarita; Conclusion; Appendix A: 'Aleksey's Dream' from The White Guard, translated by Michael Glenny; Appendix B: Letter from Mikhail Bulgakov of 28 March 1930 to the Soviet Government; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.
