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Diaboliad
Mikhail Bulgakov
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Description for Diaboliad
Paperback. Featuring explorations of the absurd and bizarre, this title, here presented in a new translation, provides a glimpse into the artistic development of the author of "Master and Margarita". Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847494726
SKU
V9781847494726
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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 Diaboliad
One of the great writers of the twentieth century.
A.S. Byatt One of the greatest modern Russian writers, perhaps the greatest.
The Independent
A writer of fantastic genius.
The Sunday Times
Bulgakov is a wild, mobile, crafty devotee of ideas.
The Guardian
A.S. Byatt One of the greatest modern Russian writers, perhaps the greatest.
The Independent
A writer of fantastic genius.
The Sunday Times
Bulgakov is a wild, mobile, crafty devotee of ideas.
The Guardian