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I mellemkrigstidens Moskva dukker Satan op i skikkelse af manden Woland. I selskab med et slæng af banditter og en skydegal kat, der går på to ben, spiller han skak, drikker champagne og infiltrerer byens kulturelle verden. En del af denne verden er Meste
Mikhail Bulgakovs "En ung læges optegnelser" er et glimt ind i en af det 20. århundredes største russiske forfatteres tidlige år og forfatterskab. Novellesamlingen, der er skrevet mellem 1925-1926, bygger på Bulgakovs egne oplevelser som en nyud
A full cast audio dramatization of Mikhail Bulgakov's classic novel. Satan and his retinue, including an obnoxious cigar smoking black cat and a beautiful naked vampire, visit Moscow in the 1920s, taking with them chaos and insanity where ever they go
90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books What would happen if a doctor implanted the pituitary gland and testicles of a man into the body of a stray dog? In Mikhail Bulgakovs topsy-turvy world, the dog starts to walk on two legs, drink, smo
In this collection of short stories, drawing heavily from the authors own experiences as a medical graduate on the eve of the Russian Revolution, Bulgakov describes a young doctors turbulent and often brutal introduction to his practice in the backward vi
Only edition in print Professor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms. In the wake of a plague that has decimated the countrys poultry stocks, Persikovs discovery
Unique collection of short stories In Bulgakovs Diaboliad, the modest and unassuming office clerk Korotkov is summarily sacked for a trifling error from his job at the Main Central Depot of Match Materials, and tries to seek out his newly assigned superio
Russias literary world is shaken to its foundations when a mysterious gentleman a professor of black magic arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a bizarre retinue of servants. It soon becomes clear that he is the Devil himself, come to wreak havoc among the
Set in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev during the chaotic winter of 191819, The White Guard, Bulgakovs first full-length novel, tells the story of a Russian-speaking family trapped in circumstances that threaten to destroy them. As in Tolstoys War and Peace
TRANSLATED BY MICHAEL GLENNY With the ink still wet on his diploma, the twenty-five-year-old Dr Mikhail Bulgakov was flung into the depths of rural Russia which, in 1916-17, was still largely unaffected by such novelties as the motor car, the telephone or
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, youll pick up reading willy-nilly, and without attending any courses. Out of the forty thousand or so
The Turbins gather in warmth and lamplight. Beyond their apartment, Kyiv is falling into civil war. Discover Mikhail Bulgakovs classic literary love letter to the city of Kyiv. Drawing closely on Bulgakovs personal experiences of civil war as a young doct
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV A rich, successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting into it the testicles and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man. A distinctly worryingly human animal
In Moscow, truth needs a little help from the devil. In Bulgakovs allegorical masterpiece of Stalins regime, the devil is making a personal appearance in Moscow. He is accompanied by a strange retinue of demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat
A Dog's Heart: An Appalling Story is Mikhail Bulgakov's hilarious satire on Communist hypocrisies. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Andrew Bromfield, and includes an introduction by James Meek. In this surreal work by the
'Bulgakov is one of the greatest Russian writers, perhaps the greatest' Independent Written in secret during the darkest days of Stalin's reign, The Master and Margarita became an overnight literary phenomenon when it was finally published it,
What begins as a miracle of science soon turns into a nightmare... After a plague wipes out all of Russias chickens, eyes fall on zoologist Periskov and his strange discovery that promises to revive their population. But quickly, the states attempt to con
This is Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical story of a writer who fails to sell his novel and fails to commit suicide. When his play is taken up by the theatre, literary success beckons, but he has reckoned without the grotesquely inflated egos of the ac
With an introduction by the writer and critic Viv Groskop. In this imaginative extravaganza the devil, disguised as a magician, descends upon Moscow, along with a talking cat and an expert assassin. This riotous band succeed in fooling an entire populatio
A literary sensation from its first publication, The Master and Margarita is considered a masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian literature. Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foil
Bogen betragtes som et af det tyvende århundredes satiriske hovedværker. Med tydelig adresse til det stalinistiske Sovjetunionen kunne den lille roman ikke publiceres før 1987. Satiren rækker dog langt videre. Bulgakovs roman tematiserer forunderligt univ
The acclaimed, bestselling translation of Mikhail Bulgakovs masterwork, an undisputed classic of Russian and world literature An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential
A masterpiece - a classic of twentieth-century fiction' New York Times Bulgakov paints a powerful picture of Stalin's regime in this allegorical classic. The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow accompanied by various demons, including a na
A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century masterpiece of satire and fantasy, in a newly revised version of the acclaimed Pevear and Volokhonsky translation Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita
Predstavljat' chitateljam roman Bulgakova "Master i Margarita" net neobhodimosti. Ego nazyvajut "shedevrom mirovoj literatury," "samym zagadochnym romanom 20-go veka," "velikim," dazhe - "zakatnym" i p
A masterful translation of one of the great novels of the 20th century Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita . Full of pungency and wit, this luminous work is Bulgakov's crowning achievement, skilfully blending magi
Kiev - Kyiv - is in chaos. Russia has withdrawn from World War I but the Germans have set up a puppet government in Ukraine. Civil war rages: the Bolsheviks have seized power in Russia, but the anti-revolutionary White Guard who have fled to Ukraine, are
Mikhail Bulgakov's devilish salute to artistic freedom, now in a beautiful clothbound edition 'Bulgakov is one of the greatest Russian writers, perhaps the greatest' Independent Written in secret during the darkest days of Stalin's reign,
I first read Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita on a balcony of the Hotel Metropole in Saigon on three summer evenings in 1971. The tropical air was heavy and full of the smells of cordite and motorcycle exhaust and rotting fish and wood-fire
"There could not be a colder, more contemptuous criticism of Soviet reality . . . There were glorious writers in the Stalin period, and Bulgakov was the greatest."--Doris Lessing, The Guardian "Bulgakov is richly inventive, with an eye for
"My favorite novel -it's just the greatest explosion of imagination, craziness, satire, humor, and heart." Daniel Radcliffe. The devil with his retinue, a poet incarcerated in a mental institution for speaking the truth, and a startling re-c
Set in Moscow of the 1920's, this satirical novel recounts the dealings a writer and his mistress have with Satan.
Predstavljat' chitateljam roman Bulgakova "Master i Margarita" net neobhodimosti. Ego nazyvajut "shedevrom mirovoj literatury," "samym zagadochnym romanom 20-go veka," "velikim," dazhe - "zakatnym" i p
Bogen betragtes som et af det tyvende århundredes satiriske hovedværker. Med tydelig adresse til det stalinistiske Sovjetunionen kunne den lille roman ikke publiceres i Rusland før 1987. Satiren rækker dog langt videre. Bulgakovs roman tematiserer forunde
Heart of a Dog (Sobachye serdtse) is a novella by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. A biting satire of Bolshevism, it was written in 1925 at the height of the NEP period, when communism appeared to be relaxing in the Soviet Union. It is generally interpret
Klassiker om Ukraine og Rusland, revolution og borgerkrig Den Hvide Garde Roman om en borgerkrig foregår i Kiiev, Ukraines hovedstad, under den russiske revolution og borgerkrig. Det er Bulgakovs mesterværk, værket han aldrig nåede at se publiceret. Forbu
Mikhail Bulgakovs "En ung læges optegnelser" er et glimt ind i en af det 20. århundredes største russiske forfatteres tidlige år og forfatterskab. Novellesamlingen, der er skrevet mellem 1925-1926, bygger på Bulgakovs egne oplevelser som en nyud
"Mesteren og Margarita" er Mikhail Bulgakovs litterære hovedværk, som blev forbudt i Sovjetunionen gennem flere årtier for sin satiriske samfundskritik af det politiske system. Moskva i mellemkrigsårene danner baggrund for denne store romans han