Heart of a Dog
1925 satirical novel by Mikhail Bulgakov / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heart of a Dog (Russian: Собачье сердце, romanized: 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 New Economic Policy, a period during which communism appeared to be relaxing in the Soviet Union.[1] It is generally interpreted as an allegory of the communist revolution and "the revolution's misguided attempt to radically transform mankind".[2] Its publication was initially prohibited in the Soviet Union, but it circulated in samizdat until it was officially released in the country in 1987. It was almost immediately adapted into a movie, which was aired in late 1988 on First Channel of Soviet Television, gained almost universal acclaim and attracted many readers to the original Bulgakov text. Since then, the novella has become a cultural phenomenon in Russia, known and discussed by people "from schoolchildren to politicians".[3] It was filmed in Russian and Italian language versions, and was adapted in English as a play and an opera.[4]
Author | Mikhail Bulgakov |
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Original title | Собачье сердце |
Country | USSR |
Language | Russian |
Genre | Satire |
Publisher | Harcourt Brace (English) |
Publication date | 1925 |
Published in English | 1968 |
Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
OCLC | 816041597 |
812/.54 19 | |
LC Class | PS3556.E42 E4 1990 |