A Dog's Heart

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Distinctive: Satirical portrayal of Communist society through transformation

Recommendation: A Dog's Heart is an engaging read for those interested in satirical literature and social commentary. Bulgakov's surreal work highlights the absurdity of the Communist society through the transformation of a dog into a man. The story presents a captivating mix of lucid realism and drama capturing the era's atmosphere and the struggles of the Russian class. If you enjoyed The Master and Margarita, Bulgakov's masterpiece, you'll love this book.

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A Dog's Heart

Regular price RM42.69 MYR
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ISBN: 9780140455151
Publisher: Penguin Classic
Date of Publication: 2007-09-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Related Topics: Science Fiction, Classics
Goodreads rating: 4.1
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Mikhail Bulgakov's absurdist parable of the Russian Revolution.A world-famous Moscow professor -- rich, successful, and violently envied by his neighbors -- befriends a stray dog and resolves to achieve a daring scientific first by transplanting into it the testicles and pituitary gland of a dead man. But the results are wholly unexpected: a distinctly and worryingly human animal is on the loose, and the professor's hitherto respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond endurance.As in The Master and Margarita, the masterpiece he completed shortly before his death, Mikhail Bulgakov's early novel, written in 1925, combines outrageously grotesque ideas with a narrative of deadpan naturalism. The Heart of a Dog can be read as an absurd and wonderfully comic story; it can also be read as a fierce parable of the Russian Revolution.
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Distinctive: Satirical portrayal of Communist society through transformation

Recommendation: A Dog's Heart is an engaging read for those interested in satirical literature and social commentary. Bulgakov's surreal work highlights the absurdity of the Communist society through the transformation of a dog into a man. The story presents a captivating mix of lucid realism and drama capturing the era's atmosphere and the struggles of the Russian class. If you enjoyed The Master and Margarita, Bulgakov's masterpiece, you'll love this book.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.