The Heart of a Dog

by Mikhail Bulgakov Narrated by Ben Allen

Overview

A well-to-do professor working in Moscow strikes up an unlikely friendship with a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting the testicles and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man into the dog. With a wild, but alarmingly human animal on the loose, the professor's previously respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond his imagination. A suberp satirical novel, it is also a sharp and pointed criticism of Soviet society, especially the new rich that arose after the Bolshevik revolution.

Editorial Reviews

Nigel Jones

A blanket of silence succeeded in muffling, but never entirely stifled, his voice. An underground reputation persisted. Young people gathered each week on the stairway of his last home in Moscow's Arbat quarter to read from, act out and debate his work. In the West, in the theatre and literature, he is relished as one of the greatest of modern Russian writers, perhaps the greatest. -- The Independent

From the Publisher

As high-spirited as it is pointed. Unlike so much satire, it has a splendid sense of fun.” —Eileen Battersby, Irish Times

“Bulgakov here assaults the dour utilitarian lives of Soviet citizens with a defiant,
boisterous display of nonsense.”  —The Times

“One of the greatest of modern Russian writers, perhaps the greatest.” —Nigel Jones, Independent

Product Details

BN ID:	2940194319473
Publisher:	SNR Audio
Publication date:	02/27/2025
Edition description:	Unabridged

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