Mikhail Bulgakov

Predstavljat' chitateljam roman Bulgakova "Master i Margarita" net neobhodimosti. Ego nazyvajut "shedevrom mirovoj literatury", "samym zagadochnym romanom 20-go veka", "velikim", dazhe - "zakatnym" i prochee, prochee... Ego issledujut filologi, voshishhajutsja ili rugajut chitateli, o nem pishut pesni, snimajut fil'my. Master i Margarita - blistatel'nyj shedevr, sozdannyj Mihailom Bulgakovym, zavorazhivajushhaja misticheskaja d'javoliada, obnazhajushhaja vechnye temy ljubvi, bor'by dobra so zlom, smerti i bessmertija. Jeta kniga - na veka, ona ne terjaet svoej privlekatel'nosti; prochtja pervuju frazu: V chas zharkogo vesennego zakata na Patriarshih prudah pojavilis' dvoe grazhdan..., my dobrovol'no, neminuemo i bezvozvratno pogruzhaemsja v mir Mastera, Margarity, Pilata, Volanda, Azazello s Korov'evym i drugih geroev romana. Prekrasnye cvetnye illjustracii

The career of Mikhail Bulgakov, the author of Master and Margarita – now regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature – was characterized by a constant and largely unsuccessful struggle against state censorship. This suppression did not only apply to his art: in 1926 his personal diary was seized by the authorities. From then on he confined his thoughts to letters to his friends and family, as well as to public figures such as Stalin and his fellow Soviet writer Gorky, while also encouraging his wife Yelena to keep a diary, with many entries influenced or even dictated by him.This ample selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and literature, telling the tragic tale of the fate of an artist under a totalitarian regime.

Set in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev during the chaotic winter of 1918–19, The White Guard, Bulgakov’s first full-length novel, tells the story of a Russian-speaking family trapped in circumstances that threaten to destroy them. As in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, the narrative centres on the stark contrast between the cosy domesticity of family life on the one hand, and wide-ranging and destructive historical events on the other.The result is a disturbing, often shocking story, illuminated, however, by shafts of light that testify to people’s resilience, humanity and ability to love in even the most adverse circumstances.

A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century masterpiece of satire and fantasy, in a newly revised version of the acclaimed Pevear and Volokhonsky translation Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. One spring afternoon, the Devil, trailing fire and chaos in his wake, weaves himself out of the shadows and into Moscow. Mikhail Bulgakov's fantastical, funny, and devastating satire of Soviet life combines two distinct yet interwoven parts: one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem. Each part is brimming with historical, imaginary, frightful, and wonderful characters. Written during the darkest days of Stalin's reign, and finally published in 1966 and 1967, The Master and Margarita became a literary phenomenon, signaling artistic and spiritual freedom for Russians everywhere. This newly revised translation, by the award-winning team of Pevear and Volokhonsky, is made from the complete and unabridged Russian text.

“There is absolutely no necessity to learn how to read; meat smells a mile off, anyway. Nevertheless, if you live in Moscow and have a brain in your head, you’ll pick up reading willy-nilly, and without attending any courses. Out of the forty thousand or so Moscow dogs, only a total idiot won’t know how to read the word ‘sausage’.”When a stray dog dying on the streets of Moscow is taken in by a wealthy professor, he is subjected to medical experiments in which he receives various transplants of human organs. As he begins to transform into a rowdy, unkempt human by the name of Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov, his actions distress the professor and those surrounding him, although he finds himself accepted into the ranks of the Soviet state.A parodic reworking of the Frankenstein myth and a vicious satire of the Communist revolution and the concept of the New Soviet man, A Dog’s Heart was banned by the censors in 1925 and circulated only in samizdat form. Nowadays this hugely entertaining tale has become very popular in Russia, and has inspired many adaptations across the world.

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 bizarre, it provides a fascinating glimpse into the artistic development of the author of The Master and Margarita.

Sobach'e serdce - odno iz samyh ljubimyh chitateljami proizvedenij Mihaila Bulgakova. Ljuboe proizvedenie Bulgakova - shedevr. Sobach'e serdce ne iskljuchenie. Vas zhdjot polnyj rasskaz o neobyknovennom jeksperimente genial'nogo doktora. Svetilo mirovoj nauki, professor Filipp Filippovich spasaet ot smerti bezdomnogo psa Sharika, chtoby provesti na njom jeksperiment po vyjavleniju funkcij gipofiza. Vopreki ozhidanijam, vyjasnjaetsja: gipofiz dajot ne ozhidaemoe uchjonym omolozhenie, a polnoe ochelovechivanie. V povedenii Sharika vskore projavljajutsja cherty donora, truslivogo p'janicy i huligana Klima Chugunkina. Novaja chelovecheskaja edinica stavit kvartiru professora na ushi, projavljaja samye porochnye storony ljudskoj natury. V to zhe vremja socialisticheskaja dejstvitel'nost' s ohotoj prinimaet Poligrafa Poligrafovicha Sharikova, lish' sposobstvuja ego degradacii i potakaja porochnoj nature. V Sobach'em serdce Mihail Afanas'evich Bulgakov proilljustriroval v personazhah dve storony: vymirajushhij tip v lice obrazovannoj jelity i buntujushhij protiv nejo proletariat. Proizvedenie napolneno glubokoj ironiej i satiroj na novye vejanija, rasprostranjonnye v Rossii nachala dvadcatogo veka. S illjustracijami

Avtor samogo znamenitogo romana XX veka MASTER I MARGARITA, a takzhe povestej SOBACHE SERDTSE i DJAVOLIADA, Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov proslavilsja i svoimi dramaticheskimi proizvedenijami. V nastojaschee izdanie voshli ego blistatelnye pesy ZOJKINA KVARTIRA, BAGROVYJ OSTROV, KABALA SVJATOSh i POLOUMNYJ ZHURDEN. Bez etikh proizvedenij nevozmozhno v polnoj mere otsenit ego tvorchestvo. Borba za vlast, svidetelem kotoroj byl Bulgakov, ego konflikt s kritikoj i silnymi mira sego otrazilis v ego tekstakh v smeshenii realnogo i fantasticheskogo, podlinnogo i falshivogo, sveta i tmy. V satiricheskikh komedijakh i buffonadakh zatragivalis vazhnejshie problemy zhizni sovetskogo obschestva: urodlivye cherty NEPa, vsesilie ideologicheskoj tsenzury, stolknovenie genija i vlasti. Napisannye ostro, khlestko, veselo i pravdivo, eti sochinenija Bulgakova, aktualnye vo vse vremena, prinadlezhat k luchshim stranitsam otechestvennoj literatury.

Pesa BEG v tvorchestve M.A.Bulgakova zanimaet osoboe mesto - eto proizvedenie neobychajnoj sily, pozhaluj, samoe znachitelnoe i interesnoe iz vsego dramaticheskogo nasledija pisatelja. E.S.Bulgakova vspominala: "On ljubil etu pesu, kak mat ljubit rebenka". Mezhdu tem pri zhizni avtora "Beg" tak i ne byl polnostju opublikovan, a postanovka, kotoruju gotovili vo MKHATe, byla zapreschena. Avtora obvinjali v tom, chto on iskazhaet klassovuju suschnost belogvardejskogo dvizhenija i ves smysl Grazhdanskoj vojny. V etom sochinenii Bulgakov proschalsja so staroj Rossiej, osmysljaja te strashnye sobytija, kotorye s nej proizoshli, i luchshie stranitsy pesy do segodnjashnego dnja porazhajut bolju, glubinoj i tragicheskim pafosom. Khudozhestvennyj film s odnoimennym nazvaniem, snjatyj znamenitymi rezhisserami A.Alovym i V.Naumovym, bezuslovno, prinadlezhit k vershinam otechestvennoj kinematografii. V nastojaschem izdanii predstavlena rannjaja redaktsija pesy 1926-1928 godov.

Pesa M.A.Bulgakova "Dni Turbinykh", sozdannaja na osnove znamenitogo romana "Belaja gvardija", posvjaschena perelomnomu momentu istorii Rossii - revoljutsii i Grazhdanskoj vojne, raz i navsegda izmenivshim zhizn russkoj intelligentsii. Eto sochinenie Bulgakova nazyvali "Vishnevym sadom" belogo dvizhenija, ibo s neobyknovennym teplom i sochuvstviem izobrazil pisatel belykh ofitserov, stojavshikh pered nravstvennym vyborom i pytavshikhsja razobratsja v proiskhodjaschem. Na stsene MKHATa spektakl ostavalsja v repertuare s 1926 goda po 1941-j i za eto vremja byl pokazan pochti 1000 raz. V nastojaschee izdanie voshla takzhe pesa "Aleksandr Pushkin", gde Bulgakov po-svoemu predstavljaet razvitie sobytij, privedshikh k tragicheskoj gibeli velikogo poeta.