New Releases by Mikhail Bulgakov

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 actors, directors and theatre managers.

The Heart of a Dog is a novella that blends science fiction with sharp social commentary. The story centers on a stray dog named Sharik, who is taken in by a scientist, Professor Preobrazhensky. The professor performs an experimental surgery on Sharik, transplanting human organs into the dog, which causes Sharik to transform into a human-like creature named Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov. Sharikov''s transformation and subsequent behavior serve as a biting satire of the Soviet attempt to create a new socialist citizen. Sharikov becomes a crude, vulgar, and opportunistic character, embodying the worst traits of humanity. The novella explores themes of identity, the ethics of scientific experimentation, and the clash between nature and nurture.

The Master and Margarita is a fantasy satirical novel published by his wife twenty-six years after his death, in 1966, that has granted him critical immortality. The book was available underground, as samizdat (“sam”+ “izdat” - “self-published”, Vladimir Bukovsky defined it as “I myself create it, edit it, censor it, publish it, distribute it, and [may] get imprisoned for it”), for many years in the Soviet Union, before the serialization of a censored version in the journal Moskva. A destroyed manuscript of the Master is an important element of the plot, and in fact Bulgakov had to rewrite the novel from memory after he burned the draft manuscript with his own hands. The novel is a multilayered critique of the Soviet society in general and its literary establishment specifically. It begins with Satan visiting Moscow in the 1920s or 30s, joining a conversation of a critic and a poet, busily debating the existence of Jesus Christ and the Devil. It then evolves into an all-embracing indictment of the corruption, greed, narrow-mindedness, and widespread paranoia of Soviet Russia. Banned but widely read, the novel firmly secured Bulgakov’s place among the pantheon of great Russian writers.

O Mestre e Margarita é um romance satírico de fantasia publicado por sua esposa vinte e seis anos após sua morte, em 1966, que lhe concedeu imortalidade crítica. O livro estava disponível clandestinamente, como samizdat ("sam" + "izdat" - "autopublicado", Vladimir Bukovsky o definiu como "eu mesmo o crio, edito, censuro, publico, distribuo e [posso] ser preso por isso"), por muitos anos na União Soviética, antes da publicação de uma versão censurada na revista Moskva. Um manuscrito destruído do Mestre é um elemento importante da trama e, de fato, Bulgakov teve de reescrever o romance de memória depois de queimar o rascunho do manuscrito com suas próprias mãos. O romance é uma crítica de várias camadas à sociedade soviética em geral e ao seu establishment literário especificamente. Começa com Satanás visitando Moscou nos anos 20 ou 30, participando de uma conversa entre um crítico e um poeta, debatendo atarefadamente a existência de Jesus Cristo e do Diabo. Em seguida, evolui para uma acusação abrangente da corrupção, da ganância, da estreiteza de espírito e da paranoia generalizada da Rússia Soviética. Proibido, mas amplamente lido, o romance garantiu firmemente o lugar de Bulgakov entre o panteão dos grandes escritores russos.

Russian short stories are known for being melancholy, often dealing with suffering. However, they can also be funny and absurd. Some common subjects include class distinctions, the plight of the underdog, and a rejection of authoritarianism and bureaucracy. This collection of Russian short stories includes: Fyodor Dostoevsky: Notes from the Underground The Dream of a Ridiculous Man The Beggar Boy at Christ''s Christmas Tree Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich Kholstomer, the Story of a Horse Alyosha the Pot A Letter to a Hindu A Confession God Sees the Truth, but Waits A Russian Christmas Party Anton Chekhov: Kashtanka Gusev The Darling The Lady with the Dog A Slander The Horse-Stealers The Petchenyeg A Dead Body A Happy Ending The Looking-Glass Old Age Darkness The Beggar In Trouble Frost Minds in Ferment Gone Astray An Avenger The Jeune Premier A Defenceless Creature An Enigmatic Nature A Happy Man A Troublesome Visitor An Actor''s End A Story Without a Title Vanka Ivan Turgenev: First Love The District Doctor Mumu Nikolay Gogol: The Mantle Memoirs of a Madman The Nose A May Night The Cloak The Viy Christmas Eve Alexsandr Pushkin: The Queen of Spades Maxim Gorky: One Autumn Night Her Lover Leonid Andreyev: Lazarus The Little Angel Aleksandr Kuprin: The Outrage Mikhail Bulgakov: The Cup of Life Komarov Case Moscow Settings Psalm Moonshine Springs Seance Shifting Accommodation The Beer Story The Embroidered Towel Ivan Bunin: The Gentleman from San Francisco The Grammar of Love Gentle Breathing Son An Unknown Friend Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin: How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials

Komarov Case is a famouse short story of ukraіnian wrighter Mikhail Bulgakov. Bulgakov was a Soviet playwright, novelist, and short story writer best known for his humor and penetrating satire. Because of their realism and humor, Bulgakov’s works enjoyed great popularity, but their trenchant criticism of Soviet mores was increasingly unacceptable to the authorities.

Psalm is a famouse short story of ukraіnian wrighter Mikhail Bulgakov. Bulgakov was a Soviet playwright, novelist, and short story writer best known for his humor and penetrating satire. Because of their realism and humor, Bulgakov’s works enjoyed great popularity, but their trenchant criticism of Soviet mores was increasingly unacceptable to the authorities.

Shifting Accommodation is a famouse short story of ukraіnian wrighter Mikhail Bulgakov. Bulgakov was a Soviet playwright, novelist, and short story writer best known for his humor and penetrating satire. Because of their realism and humor, Bulgakov’s works enjoyed great popularity, but their trenchant criticism of Soviet mores was increasingly unacceptable to the authorities.

The collection includes the best works of famous Russian writers: Fyodor Dostoevsky NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN THE BEGGAR BOY AT CHRIST''S CHRISTMAS TREE Leo Tolstoy THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH A LETTER TO A HINDU A CONFESSION GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS PARTY Anton Chekhov THE LADY WITH THE DOG A SLANDER THE HORSE-STEALERS THE PETCHENYEG A DEAD BODY A HAPPY ENDING THE LOOKING-GLASS OLD AGE DARKNESS THE BEGGAR IN TROUBLE FROST MINDS IN FERMENT GONE ASTRAY AN AVENGER THE JEUNE PREMIER A DEFENCELESS CREATURE AN ENIGMATIC NATURE A HAPPY MAN A TROUBLESOME VISITOR AN ACTOR''S END A STORY WITHOUT A TITLE VANKA Ivan Turgenev FIRST LOVE THE DISTRICT DOCTOR MUMU Nikolay Gogol THE MANTLE MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN THE NOSE A MAY NIGHT THE CLOAK THE VIY CHRISTMAS EVE THE VIY Alexsandr Pushkin THE QUEEN OF SPADES Maxim Gorky ONE AUTUMN NIGHT HER LOVER Leonid Andreyev LAZARUS THE LITTLE ANGEL Aleksandr Kuprin THE OUTRAGE Mikhail Bulgakov THE EMBROIDERED TOWEL Ivan Bunin THE GENTLEMAN FROM SAN FRANCISCO Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS

One of the world''s great plays about censorship and the oppression of artists is now newly translated by the renowned translators, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonksy (winner of two PEN/Book-Of-The-Month Translation Awards) and the playwright/director, Richard Nelson (Tony Award, Olivier Award). "Put yourselves in our place, ladies and gentlemen...the performance is over." ACT FOUR, MOLIÈRE OR THE CABAL OF HYPOCRITES Premiered on February 16, 1936 at the Moscow Art Theater, MOLIÈRE OR THE CABAL OF HYPOCRITES was banned after seven performances. "Invite[s] the theatergoer to see an analogy between the situation of a writer under the dictatorship of the proletariat and the ''tyranny without redress'' of Louis XIV." Chairman of the Committee for the Arts of the Soviet Union

The newest translation of the story “The Embroidered Towel” by Mikhail Bulgakov. Translated by S.E. Torrens. Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov was a Russian writer, medical doctor and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century. “The Embroidered Towel” is one of the most famous story from a short story collection A Young Doctor''s Notebook, also known as A Country Doctor''s Notebook.

This book collects a magnificent set of works by Russian classical authors: Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov. Each original story, springing from a common creative heritage, delivers a glimpse of the immortal Russian Soul and has influenced modern literary trends. These stories are interesting to their core and will bring pleasure to readers. Get ready to immerse yourself within these immortal works that have long been counted among the best of classic world literature: Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Notes from the Underground, Ivan Turgenev. First Love, Alexander Pushkin. The Queen of Spades, Leo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy. A Russian Christmas Party, Anton Chekhov. The Wife, Anton Chekhov. A Dead Body, Anton Chekhov. The Beggar, Leonid Andreyev. The Little Angel, Nikolai Gogol. The Nose, Nikolai Gogol. The Cloak, Nikolai Gogol. The Mantle, Mikhail Bulgakov. The Embroidered Towel – from A Young Doctor''s Notebook and others. CONTENTS: Fyodor Dostoyevsky - THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING Ivan Turgenev - MUMU FIRST LOVE THE DISTRICT DOCTOR Aleksandr Kuprin - THE OUTRAGE Alexander Pushkin - THE QUEEN OF SPADES Leo Tolstoy - A LETTER TO A HINDU THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS PARTY Anton Chekhov - THE WIFE THE SLANDER THE HORSE-STEALERS THE PETCHENYEG A DEAD BODY A HAPPY ENDING THE LOOKING-GLASS OLD AGE DARKNESS THE BEGGAR IN TROUBLE FROST MINDS IN FERMENT GONE ASTRAY THE AVENGER THE JEUNE PREMIER A DEFENCELESS CREATURE AN ENIGMATIC NATURE A HAPPY MAN A TROUBLESOME VISITOR AN ACTOR''S END VANKA A COUNTRY COTTAGE FAT AND THIN NERVES THE DOCTOR ABOUT LOVE A LOTTERY TICKET Leonid Andreyev - THE LITTLE ANGEL LAZARUS Maxim Gorky - ONE AUTUMN NIGHT HER LOVER Mikhail Bulgakov - THE EMBROIDERED TOWEL Nikolai Gogol - CHRISTMAS EVE THE NOSE A MAY NIGHT THE CLOAK THE VIY

Rare edition with unique illustrations.Predstavljat'' chitateljam roman Bulgakova "Master i Margarita" net neobhodimosti.Ego nazyvajut "shedevrom mirovoj literatury", "samym zagadochnym romanom 20-go veka","velikim", dazhe - "zakatnym" i prochee, prochee... Ego issledujut filologi, voshishhajutsjaili rugajut chitateli, o nem pishut pesni, snimajut fil''my.«Master i Margarita» - blistatel''nyj shedevr, sozdannyj Mihailom Bulgakovym, zavorazhivajushhaja misticheskaja d''javoliada, obnazhajushhaja vechnye temy ljubvi, bor''by dobra so zlom, smerti i bessmertija. Jeta kniga - na veka, ona ne terjaet svoej privlekatel''nosti; prochtja pervuju frazu: «V chas zharkogo vesennego zakata na Patriarshih prudah pojavilis'' dvoe grazhdan...», my dobrovol''no, neminuemo i bezvozvratno pogruzhaemsja v mir Mastera, Margarity, Pilata, Volanda, Azazello s Korov''evym i drugih geroev romana.

Rare edition with unique illustrations. Mihail Afanas''evich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940) - russkij pisatel'', dramaturg, teatral''nyj rezhissjor i aktjor. Avtor romanov, povestej i rasskazov, mnozhestva fel''etonov, p''es, inscenirovok, kinoscenariev, opernyh libretto. Izvestnye proizvedenija Bulgakova: «Sobach''e serdce», «Zapiski junogo vracha», «Teatral''nyj roman», «Belaja gvardija», «Rokovye jajca», «D''javoliada», «Ivan Vasil''evich» i roman, prinesshij pisatelju mirovuju izvestnost'', - «Master i Margarita», kotoryj byl neskol''ko raz jekranizirovan kak v Rossii, tak i v drugih stranah. V sbornik voshli «Zojkina kvartira», «Beg», «Ivan Vasil''evich», Bagrovyj ostrov», «Dni Turbinyh»

Rare edition with unique illustrations.«Sobach''e serdce» - odno iz samyh ljubimyh chitateljami proizvedenij Mihaila Bulgakova. Ljuboe proizvedenie Bulgakova - shedevr. «Sobach''e serdce» ne iskljuchenie.Vas zhdjot polnyj rasskaz o neobyknovennom jeksperimente genial''nogo doktora.Svetilo mirovoj nauki, professor Filipp Filippovich spasaet ot smerti bezdomnogo psa Sharika, chtoby provesti na njom jeksperiment po vyjavleniju funkcij gipofiza. Vopreki ozhidanijam, vyjasnjaetsja: gipofiz dajot ne ozhidaemoe uchjonym omolozhenie, a polnoe ochelovechivanie. V povedenii Sharika vskore projavljajutsja cherty donora, truslivogo p''janicy i huligana Klima Chugunkina. «Novaja chelovecheskaja edinica» stavit kvartiru professora na ushi, projavljaja samye porochnye storony ljudskoj natury. V to zhe vremja socialisticheskaja dejstvitel''nost'' s ohotoj prinimaet Poligrafa Poligrafovicha Sharikova, lish'' sposobstvuja ego degradacii i potakaja porochnoj nature.V «Sobach''em serdce» Mihail Afanas''evich Bulgakov proilljustriroval v personazhah dve storony: vymirajushhij tip v lice obrazovannoj jelity i buntujushhij protiv nejo proletariat. Proizvedenie napolneno glubokoj ironiej i satiroj na novye vejanija, rasprostranjonnye v Rossii nachala dvadcatogo veka.

�Beg� - p''esa vydayushchegosya russkogo pisatelya i dramaturga Mihaila Bulgakova.Dejstvie p''esy razvorachivaetsya vo vremya Grazhdanskoj vojny v Rossii, kogda ostatki beloj armii otchayanno soprotivlyayutsya krasnym na Krymskom pereshejke. Zdes'' tesno perepletayutsya sud''by bezzashchitnoj Serafimy Korzuhinoj, broshennoj na proizvol sud''by muzhem, samogo Korzuhina, privat-docenta Golubkova, vlyublyonnogo v Serafimu, belogo generala CHarnoty, komanduyushchego frontom belyh, zhestokogo i neschastnogo Romana Hludova, i mnogih drugih geroev.

“Bulgakov’s strong point was his ability to amplify the roots of man’s dementia, the howls of political pandemonium . . . a lively collection.” —The Washington Post Book World 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 class, and the state; and the high price to be paid for the promised utopian world of Communism in early Soviet Russia. Bulgakov’s signature eloquent skewering of the various shortcomings of the world around and within him can be found on every page, and horror and magic interweave in a constant dance of the absurd—a dance that would reach its highest point both stylistically and thematically in Bulgakov’s tour de force novel The Master and Margarita. “One of the most original voices of the twentieth century.” —The Guardian, UK

A Kyiv family is caught up in the Ukrainian War of Independence in this novel by the author of The Master and Margarita, drawing from his own life. Reds, Whites, German troops, and Ukrainian nationalists battle for control of the city of Kyiv as the war becomes more tumultuous in Mikhail Bulgakov’s debut novel, The White Guard. Drawing heavily from the author’s own experiences in Ukraine during the period of the Russian Civil War—he witnessed ten changes of government himself—The White Guard is told from alternating points of view and takes an unusual angle in the conflict between Russian Whites (with whom the Turbin family identify) and Ukrainian nationalists. It elegantly portrays the chaos of a civil war in which there is no good or evil, only loyalty to one’s friends, family, and convictions. First appearing in partial form in a Soviet-era literary journal, the story was turned into a play under the title The Days of the Turbins—a long-running hit that Stalin himself attended twenty times—yet was not published widely until decades after Bulgakov’s death.

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 whom? Both a nod to the Frankenstein myth and a vicious critique of the Soviet government’s attempts to reshape and redefine personhood during and after the Russian Revolution, A Dog’s Heart was rejected for publication by censors in 1925, but was circulated via samizdat—the clandestine production and distribution of literature that had been banned by the state—for years until it was translated into English in 1968. To this day, the book remains one of Bulgakov’s most highly regarded works.

In Bulgakov''s ''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 superior, responsible for his dismissal. His quest through the labyrinth of Soviet bureaucracy takes on the increasingly surreal dimensions of a nightmare. This early satirical story, reminiscent of Gogol and Dostoevsky, was first published in 1924 and incurred the wrath of pro-Soviet critics. Along with the three other stories in this volume, which also explore the themes of the absurd and bizarre, it provides a fascinating glimpse into the artistic development of the author of The Master and Margarita.

Uma sátira mordaz ao «homem novo» soviético, Coração de Cão, escrito em 1925, apenas pôde ser publicado na União Soviética em 1987, com a perestroika. Um eminente cientista, especializado em rejuvenescimento humano, enceta uma experiência a um cão vadio das ruas de Moscovo, Charik, depois de o levar para o seu apartamento e ganhar a sua confiança. O respeitável professor transplanta-lhe a hipófise e testículos de um indivíduo acabado de morrer, e o resultado é inesperado: o cão transforma-se em homem, mas um da pior espécie – arrogante, bêbado, desagradável, apoiante do proletariado, que se passou a chamar Poligraf Poligrafovitch Charikov. E assim o professor vê-se perseguido por todo o género de comités e comissões estatais e proletárias que não suportava, deslumbrados com o cão que se transformara em homem numa experiência de laboratório.

When Soviet censors approved Mikhail Bulgakov''s ??? ?????, a stage adaptation of Don Quixote, they were unaware that they were sanctioning a subtle but powerful criticism of Stalinist rule. The author, whose novel ?????? ? ????????? would eventually bring him world renown, achieved this sleight of hand through a deft interpretation of Cervantes''s knight. Bulgakov''s Don Quixote fits comfortably into the nineteenth-century Russian tradition of idealistic, troubled intellectuals, but Quixote''s quest becomes an allegory of the artist under the strictures of Stalin''s regime. Bulgakov did not live to see the play performed: it went into production in 1940, only months after his death. The volume''s introduction provides background for Bulgakov''s adaptation and compares Bulgakov with Cervantes and the twentieth-century Russian work with the seventeenth-century Spanish work.

This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and literature, telling the tragic tale of the fate of an artist under a totalitarian regime. The career of Mikhail Bulgakov, the author of Master and Margarita - now regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature - was characterized by a constant and largely unsuccessful struggle against state censorship. This suppression did not only apply to his art: in 1926 his personal diary was seized by the authorities. From then on he confined his thoughts to letters to his friends and family, as well as to public figures such as Stalin and his fellow Soviet writer Gorky, while also encouraging his wife Yelena to keep a diary, with many entries influenced or even dictated by him.

Part autobiography, part fiction, this early work by the author of The Master and Margarita shows a master at the dawn of his craft, and a nation divided by centuries of unequal progress. In 1916 a 25-year-old, newly qualified doctor named Mikhail Bulgakov was posted to the remote Russian countryside. He brought to his position a diploma and a complete lack of field experience. And the challenges he faced didn’t end there: he was assigned to cover a vast and sprawling territory that was as yet unvisited by modern conveniences such as the motor car, the telephone, and electric lights. The stories in A Country Doctor’s Notebook are based on this two-year window in the life of the great modernist. Bulgakov candidly speaks of his own feelings of inadequacy, and warmly and wittily conjures episodes such as peasants applying medicine to their outer clothing rather than their skin, and finding himself charged with delivering a baby—having only read about the procedure in text books. Not yet marked by the dark fantasy of his later writing, this early work features a realistic and wonderfully engaging narrative voice—the voice, indeed, of twentieth century Russia’s greatest writer.

Using a sharply realistic and humorous style, Bulgakov reveals his doubts about his own competence and the immense burden of responsibility, as he deals with a superstitious and poorly educated people struggling to enter the modern age. This acclaimed collection represents some of Bulgakov''s most personal and insightful observations on youth, isolation and progress.

O mestre e Margarida é um romance revolucionário. É uma obra com um estilo absolutamente original, sobre a liberdade da escrita e a força do amor em tempos adversos. É também uma sátira devastadora da vida sob o regime soviético, da censura e da repressão. Um dos livros mais importantes e cultuados do século XX. Em uma tarde de primavera, Satanás e seu séquito diabólico decidem visitar Moscou. Encontram poetas, editores, burocratas e todo tipo de pessoas tentando levar a vida em pleno regime comunista. Depois dessa visita, nada será como antes; o rastro de destruição e loucura mudará o destino de quem cruzar seu caminho. Da mesma forma, a publicação de O mestre e Margarida pela revista soviética Moskva, entre novembro de 1966 e janeiro de 1967, mudou para sempre os rumos da literatura russa. Mikhail Bulgakov havia morrido 26 anos antes. Era conhecido por suas peças teatrais de sucesso — polêmicas por sua visão crítica do regime —, além de contos, novelas e um romance . Quase ninguém suspeitava que, entre seu material inédito, estava sua obra máxima. Bulgakov levou cerca de dez anos para terminá-la, sabendo dos problemas que teria com a censura — chegou, inclusive, a queimar uma versão inicial. Apenas seu círculo mais íntimo de conhecidos sabia da existência do romance e, também, da impossibilidade de lançá-lo durante o regime stalinista. Apesar disso, o livro sobreviveu por mais de duas décadas e tornou-se um fenômeno. Acabou, assim, por confirmar uma frase dita na história pelo próprio diabo, e que na Rússia se tornou proverbial: "Manuscritos não ardem". "Bulgakov é um dos maiores escritores russos modernos, talvez o maior." — The Independent "Uma obra-prima, um clássico da ficção no século XX." — The New York Times