Best Selling Books by Mikhail Bulgakov

Professor 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 fet 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 consequence of the abuse of power and knowledge.

The Civil War is drawing to an end in Russia. The White Army is disintegrating and a wave of refugees is about to descend on Turkey, and then spread across Europe. Bulgakov''s play follows the fate of a small group of Russians from the Crimea to Constantinople to Paris. It is a tragic comedy that was never staged during the life of its author due to the opposition of Stalin. ""There is no doubt that this is one of the masterpieces of world theatre and in this solid production of a terrific translation it is well worth catching."" Peter Scott-Presland reviewing the production at the Jack Studio.

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.

Affiliation, and the Byzantine Moscow bureaucracy. This stylistically brilliant work was only partially published during Bulgakov''s lifetime due to censorship, but was immediately recognized by the literati as an important work. The other stories collected here range from a sequence about the Civil War to Bulgakov''s early reportage on the rebuilding of Moscow in the early 1920s, stories which now have a strikingly contemporary ring. Bulgakov describes the swindlers who.

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.

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.

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

Reissued to tie-in with a new production of Flight at the Royal National Theatre, this volume contains six plays by Mikhail Bulgakov, a Soviet playwright whose work often brought him into conflict with the Soviet 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

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.

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

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

Spanish translation of "Master i Margarita". The Russian classic on a writer''s pact with the devil in Stalinist Russia. He wants to obtain publication of a novel about the police state of Pontius Pilate (Stalin) which the censor has banned.

O Mestre e Margarida é uma obra que transcende os limites do realismo ao mesclar sátira política, fantasia e filosofia em uma narrativa complexa e envolvente. Mikhail Bulgákov constrói uma crítica mordaz ao regime soviético, utilizando elementos do sobrenatural para expor as contradições da sociedade e os desafios da liberdade artística. Ambientado em Moscou na década de 1930, o romance acompanha a chegada do enigmático Woland, uma representação do diabo, e seus excêntricos acompanhantes, que desencadeiam uma série de eventos caóticos e reveladores. Paralelamente, a história de amor entre o Mestre, um escritor perseguido, e Margarida, sua devotada amante, adiciona uma dimensão emocional profunda à obra. Desde sua publicação, O Mestre e Margarida tem sido celebrado por sua originalidade e profundidade simbólica. Sua abordagem crítica ao autoritarismo, aliada a uma narrativa repleta de ironia e surrealismo, consolidou seu status como uma das grandes obras da literatura russa do século XX. O romance explora temas como a luta pela liberdade criativa, a dualidade entre o bem e o mal e o impacto do poder sobre o indivíduo. A relevância contínua da obra reside na sua capacidade de questionar os limites da realidade e do controle ideológico, enquanto mergulha na complexidade das relações humanas e do destino. Ao entrelaçar sátira e misticismo, Bulgákov convida o leitor a refletir sobre o papel da arte e da verdade em meio à repressão, tornando O Mestre e Margarida uma leitura instigante e atemporal.

A selection of humorous and satirical novels and short stories by the great Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov, whose fine style of writing and sense of humor and irony are ultimately shining in this collection, including "The unusual adventures of the doctor", "The red crown", "The adventures of Chichikov", "Forty fortieth", "Moscow in the 20''s", "Hunters after the skulls", "The adventure of the dead", "Three kopecks", "Game of nature", "Exchange of substances", "About the benefit of alcoholism", "Water of life", "The champion of the world", and "The English pins."

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.

El maestro y Margarita es una obra que trasciende los límites del realismo al combinar sátira política, fantasía y filosofía en una narrativa compleja y envolvente. Mijaíl Bulgákov construye una crítica mordaz al régimen soviético, utilizando elementos sobrenaturales para exponer las contradicciones de la sociedad y los desafíos de la libertad artística. Ambientada en Moscú en la década de 1930, la novela sigue la llegada del enigmático Woland, una representación del diablo, y sus excéntricos acompañantes, quienes desatan una serie de eventos caóticos y reveladores. Paralelamente, la historia de amor entre el Maestro, un escritor perseguido, y Margarita, su devota amante, añade una dimensión emocional profunda a la obra. Desde su publicación, El maestro y Margarita ha sido celebrada por su originalidad y profundidad simbólica. Su enfoque crítico del autoritarismo, junto con una narrativa llena de ironía y surrealismo, ha consolidado su estatus como una de las grandes obras de la literatura rusa del siglo XX. La novela explora temas como la lucha por la libertad creativa, la dualidad entre el bien y el mal y el impacto del poder sobre el individuo. La relevancia continua de la obra radica en su capacidad para cuestionar los límites de la realidad y el control ideológico, mientras profundiza en la complejidad de las relaciones humanas y el destino. Al entrelazar sátira y misticismo, Bulgákov invita al lector a reflexionar sobre el papel del arte y la verdad en medio de la represión, haciendo de El maestro y Margarita una lectura fascinante y atemporal.

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