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020			_a9781847493712
040			_cTBS
041			_aeng
041			_hrus
050			_aPG3476.B78 _bR5813
100			_a Bulgakov, Mikhail _d1891-1940 _923131 _eauthor
240			_aRokovye i︠a︡ĭt︠s︡a. _lEnglish.
245			_aThe fatal eggs _c/ Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated by Roger Cockrell
260			_aSurrey, England : Alma Classics 2014.
300			_axiv, 142 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 142).
520			_aProfessor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms. In the wake of a plague that has decimated the country’s poultry stocks, Persikov’s discovery is exploited as a means to correct the problem. As foreign agents, the state and the Soviet media all seize upon the red ray, matters get out of hand… Set in 1928 but written four years earlier, during Stalin’s rise to power, The Fatal Eggs is both an early piece of science fiction reminiscent of H.G. Wells and a biting, brilliant satire on the consequences of the abuse of power and knowledge.
600		0	_aBulgakov, Mikhail _d1891-1940 _xTranslations into English _923133
650		0	_aRussia _xFiction _923139
650		0	_aRussian fiction _xTranslations into English _xHistory and criticism _923144
655		0	_aScience fiction _922728
655		0	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _922790
700			_aCockrell, Roger _923132 _etranslator
942			_2lcc
999			_c4013 _d4013
653			_aREADING IN ENGLISH
655			_aRussian literature
655			_aLiterary classics