A dog's heart
Bulgakov, Mikhail 1891-1940
A dog's heart / Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis. - Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, 2016. - xiii, 161 pages ; 20 cm.
Translated from the Russian.
When a stray dog dying on the streets of Moscow is taken in by a wealthy professor, he is subjected to medical experiments in which he receives various transplants of human organs. As he begins to transform into a rowdy, unkempt human by the name of Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov, his actions distress the professor and those surrounding him, although he finds himself accepted into the ranks of the Soviet state. A parodic reworking of the Frankenstein myth and a vicious satire of the Communist revolution and the concept of the New Soviet man, A Dog's Heart was banned by the censors in 1925 and circulated only in samizdat form. Nowadays, this hugely entertaining tale has become very popular in Russia, and has inspired many adaptations across the world.
9781847495686
Animal experimentation--Soviet Union
Soviet Union--History --Revolution, 1917-1921
Moscow (Russia)--Fiction
Historical fiction
PG3476.B78 / S41 2016
A dog's heart / Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis. - Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, 2016. - xiii, 161 pages ; 20 cm.
Translated from the Russian.
When a stray dog dying on the streets of Moscow is taken in by a wealthy professor, he is subjected to medical experiments in which he receives various transplants of human organs. As he begins to transform into a rowdy, unkempt human by the name of Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov, his actions distress the professor and those surrounding him, although he finds himself accepted into the ranks of the Soviet state. A parodic reworking of the Frankenstein myth and a vicious satire of the Communist revolution and the concept of the New Soviet man, A Dog's Heart was banned by the censors in 1925 and circulated only in samizdat form. Nowadays, this hugely entertaining tale has become very popular in Russia, and has inspired many adaptations across the world.
9781847495686
Animal experimentation--Soviet Union
Soviet Union--History --Revolution, 1917-1921
Moscow (Russia)--Fiction
Historical fiction
PG3476.B78 / S41 2016
