Mikhail Bulgakov is the leading Russian mystic of the 20th century. Trained as a doctor and a subtle satirist by calling, he himself saw and masterfully described the fracture of an era— the Revolution, the Civil War, the difficulties of the profession, and the abyss of dependence.
For the cycle of stories “Notes of a Young Doctor,” he based it on his own experience working as a zemstvo doctor and created a whole constellation of colorful characters, with their quirks, fears, and prejudices. Even the novella “Morphine,” stylized as a diary, is almost autobiographical—after an unsuccessful operation, Bulgakov was forced to inject himself with painkillers and became addicted to them.
Contents:
Diaboliad
Notes from the Cuffs
Fatal Eggs
Notes of a Young Doctor