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The Heart of a Dog

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A superb comic masterpiece and fierce parable of the Russian Revolution by the author of The Master and Margarita. With a new introduction by Andrey Kurov A rich, successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting into the testicles and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man. A distinctly worryingly human animal is now on the loose, and the professor's hitherto respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond endurance. An absurd and superbly comic story, this classic novel can also be read as a fierce parable of the Russian Revolution.

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The Heart of a Dog, Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov

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2009
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Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Vintage
Pubblicato
2009
Formato
In brossura
ISBN10
1784873748
ISBN13
9781784873745
Serie
Prima pubblicazione
1925
Titolo originale
Собачье сердце (Sobačje sjerdce)
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A superb comic masterpiece and fierce parable of the Russian Revolution by the author of The Master and Margarita. With a new introduction by Andrey Kurov A rich, successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting into the testicles and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man. A distinctly worryingly human animal is now on the loose, and the professor's hitherto respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond endurance. An absurd and superbly comic story, this classic novel can also be read as a fierce parable of the Russian Revolution.