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020			_a9781847494726
040			_cTBS
041			_aeng
041			_hrus
050			_aPZ3.B869 _bPG3476.B78
100			_a Bulgakov, Mikhail _d1891-1940 _923131 _eauthor
245			_aDiaboliad, and other stories _c/ Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated by Hugh Aplin
260			_aLondon : Alma Classics, 2016
300			_a142 pages ; illustrations ; 20 cm.
505			_acontains: Diaboliad, ‘No.13 -- The Elpit Workers -- Commune Building -- A Chinese Tale -- The Adventures of Chichikov
520			_aIn 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.
600		0	_aBulgakov, Mikhail _d1891-1940 _xTranslations into English _923133
650		0	_aSoviet Union _xSocial life and customs _xFiction _923136
700			_aAplin, Hugh _923135 _etranslator
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999			_c4010 _d4010
653			_aREADING IN ENGLISH
655			_aRussian literature
655			_aLiterary classics