Manuscripts dont burn mikhail bulgakov biography

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Published

London : Bloomsbury, 1991.

Subjects

Bulgakova, E. S. > Bulgakova, E. S. / (Elena Sergeevna) > Bulgakova, E. S. / (Elena Sergeevna) / Diaries.
Bulgakov, Mikhail, > Bulgakov, Mikhail, / 1891-1940 > Bulgakov, Mikhail, / 1891-1940 / Diaries.
Bulgakov, Mikhail, > Bulgakov, Mikhail, / 1891-1940 > Bulgakov, Mikhail, / 1891-1940 / Correspondence.
Bulgakov, Mikhail, > Bulgakov, Mikhail, / 1891-1940.
Authors' spouses > Authors' spouses / Soviet Union > Authors' spouses / Soviet Union / Diaries.
Authors, Russian > Authors, Russian / 20th century > Authors, Russian / 20th century / Diaries > Authors, Russian / 20th century / Diaries / 20th century > Authors, Russian / 20th century / Diaries / 20th century / Diaries.
Authors, Russian > Authors, Russian / 20th century > Authors, Russian / 20th century / Correspondence > Authors, Russian / 20th century / Correspondence / 20th century > Authors, Russian / 20th century / Correspondence / 20th century / Correspondence.
Authors, Russian > Authors, Russian / 20th century > Authors, Russian / 20th century / Biography > Authors, Russian / 20th century / Biography / 20th century > Authors, Russian / 20th century / Biography / 20th century / Biography.

Note

Includes index.
Contains extensive selections from Bulgakov's correspondence and diary, and from the diary of his wife, Elena Sergeevna Bulgakova.

Physical Description

xiv, 306 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm

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…Speaking of Mohammad Rasoulof…

It’s Mikhail Bulgakov’s birthday. The author of The Master and Margarita, one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. (It’s not his only work. There are many others. But I’ll be focusing on Master and Margarita one today.)

It’s a miracle that Master and Margarita even exists. Bulgakov wrote it in the late 1920s, a terrible time in Russia, although even more terrible times were coming. The book is not a “critique” of Soviet society. It is an indictment, an evisceration, the truths so appalling that they can only be expressed allegorically. But the message is crystal clear.

Recently, a graphic novel adaptation of MASTER AND MARGARITA was released, with astonishing illustrations by Polish graphic designer and artist Andrzej Klimowski.

Bulgakov started out as a physician before segueing to writing. Post Russian Civil War, in the 1920s, he found it increasingly difficult to get his work past the censors, even though Stalin himself was a “fan” of a couple of his plays. Stalin protected Bulgakov, putting in a good word, essentially. Eventually, though, Stalin’s protection vanished. In the 30s, Bulgakov’s work was permanently banned, which meant that his name was mud. He would never be able to publish again, not in his own country.

In desperation, Bulgakov (famously) wrote two letters to Stalin. Both letters and commentary here. The letters basically say: “I do not want to leave Russia. But I don’t know what else to do. If I am not allowed to work here, then please, I beg you, allow me to leave Russia.” They’re heartbreaking letters, and an indictment of dictatorships and censorship – not just the FACT of them, but what it DOES to people. Artists are always the first ones on the chopping block.

Unbelievably: Stalin received the le

Manuscripts don't burn : Mikhail Bulgakov, a life in letters and diaries / compiled and translated by J.A.E. Curtis

Bulgakov, Mikhail (1891-1940)

Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiv, 306p, [8]p of plates : ports ; 22cm. Subjects; Bulgakov, Mikhail 1891-1940; history. Memoirs. Biographies. Bulgakov, Mikhail 1891-1940; works. Diaries. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 373622

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