Product Description

This is Bulgakov's surreal tale of a Moscow doctor who befriends a stray dog and performs on it a human transplant - with disastrous consequences.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59567 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov was born in 1891 in Kiev, today the capital of Ukraine. His father was a professor at the Theological Academy. After finishing high school, Bulgakov entered the Medical School of Kiev University, graduating in 1916. In 1913 he married Tatyana Lappa, who moved with him after graduation to provincial villages, where he practiced medicine. He wrote about his experiences as a doctor in his early works Notes on Cuffs and Notes of a Young Country Doctor. James Meek is a novelist, short story writer and journalist. He has published three novels, Mcfarlane Boils The Sea, Drivetime and, most recently, The People's Act of Love, which won the Ondaatje Prize. Andrew Bromfield is a regular translator from the Russian, and has translated works by Boris Akunin, Vladimir Voinovich and Irina Denezhkina, as well as titles by Victor Pelevin.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant
i absolutely loved every word of this book. if you love metaphorical writing, philosphy, satire, politics and an author with a very distinctive and succinct voice and pointed humour buy it and cherish it

Great Story
Bulgakov is one of my faviorate authors and this is one of his best books. All round a great story well worth reading.