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Satan comes to Soviet Moscow in this critically acclaimed translation of one of the most important and best-loved modern classics in world literature.
The Master and Margarita has been captivating readers around the world ever since its first publication in 1967. Written during Stalin's time in power but suppressed in the Soviet Union for decades, Bulgakov's masterpiece is an ironic parable on power and its corruption, on good and evil, and on...
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A dark, fantastical satire of Communist utopianism by the author of The Master and Margarita.
Lauded Russian author and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov's A Dog's Heart (sometimes translated as The Heart of a Dog) is a zany, violent, and whimsical satire of the failures inherent in the dream of a Communist utopia, following dog-turned-human Sharik as he tries and fails utterly to live a life of goodness and virtue-but goodness and virtue as defined by...
3) Black Snow
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A comic novel about the theater world in early Soviet Russia and a "biting attack on censorship" (The Guardian, UK).
From the author of The Master and Margarita, this semi-autobiographical satirical novel paints a vibrant portrait of life behind the curtains of the Russian literary and theater arenas in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Maxudov is a failed novelist who, after contemplating suicide, adapts his novel into a play that-seemingly...
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The chickens come home to roost in this "brilliantly strange" blend of science fiction and political satire by the author of The Master and Margarita (The Guardian, UK).
As the new reality of post-Revolution Soviet life begins to settle in, a gifted but eccentric zoologist named Persikov invents a machine that revolutionizes the growth of living organisms by drastically increasing their size and reproductive rates.
Meanwhile, a mysterious...
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Regarded as the foremost Russian translators in today's literary field, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhovsky -- together with acclaimed playwright Richard Nelson -- have created fresh interpretations of two seminal works from the acclaimed Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. The original works were charged with cultural subtext and controversial intrigue, revealed in a new light with this exceptional new volume.
6) Diaboliad
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Mikhail Bulgakov's Diaboliad and Other Stories, comprised of Diaboliad, No. 13—The Elpit Workers' Commune, A Chinese Tale, and The Adventures of Chichikov, serves as an excellent introduction to this renowned Russian satirist and playwright's work.
Black comedy, biting social and political commentary, and Bulgakov's unique narrative exuberance combine to tell the tales of labyrinthine post-Revolution bureaucracy; clashes between science, the intellectual...
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Darkly humorous short fiction set in the early years of the Soviet Union, by the author of The Master and Margarita.
A collection of comic, self-aware, and stylistically dazzling short stories touching on such familiar territory for many Russian authors as disease, famine, civil war, and political turmoil, Notes on a Cuff and Other Stories showcases the style that Mikhail Bulgakov would be known for during the literary and theatrical renaissance...
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From the author of The Master and Margarita, these semiautobiographical stories chronicle the darkly comic adventures of a physician in rural 1917 Russia.
Fresh from medical school in the winter of 1917, the young Dr. Bomgard assumes the role of the only doctor in a provincial Russian hospital. Dealing with a cases ranging from the horrific to the hilarious to the surreal, Bomgard recounts his solitary time practicing medicine among the superstitious,...
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