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Grove Press
Grove Press
Grove Press

Heart of a Dog

by Mikhail Bulgakov Translated from Russian by Mirra Ginsburg

Written in 1925 and unpublished in the Soviet Union until 1987, Mikhail Bulgakov’s satire is as ferocious and timely now as when it was written.

  • Imprint Grove Paperback
  • Page Count 128
  • Publication Date January 01, 1970
  • ISBN-13 978-0-8021-5059-2
  • Dimensions 5.38" x 8.25"
  • US List Price $18.00

About The Book

This hilarious, brilliantly inventive novel by the author of The Master and Margarita tells the story of a scroungy Moscow mongrel named Sharik. Thanks to the skills of a renowned Soviet scientist and the transplanted pituitary gland and testes of a petty criminal, Sharik is transformed into a lecherous, vulgar man who spouts Engels and inevitably finds his niche in the bureaucracy as the government official in charge of purging the city of cats.

Heart of a Dog, written in 1925, remained unpublished in the Soviet Union until 1987. Its satire is as ferocious and timely now as when it was written.

Tags Literary