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Mikhail Bulgakov
J. A. E. Curtis
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Description for Mikhail Bulgakov
paperback. This is an absorbing account of the life and work of one of Russia's most inventive and exuberant novelists and playwrights. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) has become the most popular Russian writer of the twentieth century, even though his works were banned for decades after his death due to the repressive Soviet censorship of literature. His great novel, The Master and Margarita (published only in 1973), was written in complete secrecy during the 1930s for fear of the writer being arrested and shot. In her revelatory new biography J.A.E. Curtis provides a fresh account of Bulgakov's idyllic childhood and youth in Kiev, which was swept away in the turmoil of the First World War, the Russian Revolution and Civil War. Early biographies ... Read more
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) has become the most popular Russian writer of the twentieth century, even though his works were banned for decades after his death due to the repressive Soviet censorship of literature. His great novel, The Master and Margarita (published only in 1973), was written in complete secrecy during the 1930s for fear of the writer being arrested and shot. In her revelatory new biography J.A.E. Curtis provides a fresh account of Bulgakov's idyllic childhood and youth in Kiev, which was swept away in the turmoil of the First World War, the Russian Revolution and Civil War. Early biographies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
Series
Critical Lives
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780237411
SKU
9781780237411
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About J. A. E. Curtis
J.A.E. Curtis is Professor of Russian Literature at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. Her previous books include Bulgakov's Last Decade: The Writer as Hero (1987), Manuscripts Don't Burn: Mikhail Bulgakov, A Life in Letters and Diaries (1991) and 'The Englishman from Lebedian': A Life of Evgeny Zamiatin (1884-1937) (2013).
Reviews for Mikhail Bulgakov
'A controversial dramatist, closet novelist of genius, and theologian's son trained as a medical doctor, Bulgakov more than any other Stalinist-era writer balanced the realities of the wounded body and the transcendent spirit. In this wonderful brief biography, J.A.E. Curtis shows how Bulgakov's creative gifts were crippled as well as inspired by the caprice and charisma of power.' - Caryl ... Read more