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A Young Doctor's Notebook
Mikhail Bulgakov
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Description for A Young Doctor's Notebook
Paperback. In this collection of short stories, drawing heavily from the author's own experiences as a medical graduate on the eve of the Russian Revolution, Bulgakov describes a young doctor's turbulent and often brutal introduction to his practice in the backward village of Muryovo. It includes the piece Morphine Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204. 160 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. In this collection of short stories, drawing heavily from the author's own experiences as a medical graduate on the eve of the Russian Revolution, Bulgakov describes a young doctor's turbulent and often brutal introduction to his practice in the backward village of Muryovo. It includes the piece Morphine. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight: 202. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh.
In this collection of short stories, drawing heavily from the author's own experiences as a medical graduate on the eve of the Russian Revolution, Bulgakov describes a young doctor's turbulent and often brutal introduction to his practice in the backward village of Muryovo. Using a sharply realistic and humorous style, Bulgakov reveals his doubts about his own competence and the immense burden of responsibility, as he deals with a superstitious and poorly educated people struggling to enter the modern age. This acclaimed collection contains some of Bulgakov's most personal and insightful observations on youth, isolation and progress.
In this collection of short stories, drawing heavily from the author's own experiences as a medical graduate on the eve of the Russian Revolution, Bulgakov describes a young doctor's turbulent and often brutal introduction to his practice in the backward village of Muryovo. Using a sharply realistic and humorous style, Bulgakov reveals his doubts about his own competence and the immense burden of responsibility, as he deals with a superstitious and poorly educated people struggling to enter the modern age. This acclaimed collection contains some of Bulgakov's most personal and insightful observations on youth, isolation and progress.
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Classics
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847492869
SKU
V9781847492869
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About Mikhail Bulgakov
Born in Kiev in 1891 to Russian parents, Mikhail Bulgakov trained as a doctor and volunteered for the Red Cross on the outbreak of the First World War. He later enlisted as a doctor for the anti-Bolshevik White Army, before eventually giving up medicine to concentrate on literature. The Master and Margarita is his most famous work, and has been ... Read more
Reviews for A Young Doctor's Notebook
Bulgakov's struggle with the dark Russian winter swirling outside his window symbolizes the lack of experience, loneliness, and the worry of breaking the Hippocratic oath that gnaws at the sleep of junior doctors everywhere.
British Medical Journal
One of the great writers of the twentieth century.
A.S. Byatt One of the great classics of medical literature.
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British Medical Journal
One of the great writers of the twentieth century.
A.S. Byatt One of the great classics of medical literature.
... Read more