Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891—1940) is a Russian writer and playwright known throughout the world, above all as the author of the novel “The Master and Margarita.”
If earlier Bulgakov’s works were subjected to harsh criticism and silenced, today his writings experience repeated reissues, stage productions, and film adaptations. “A Dog’s Heart” (1925)—the cult novella, first published only in 1987 and, a year later, filmed by Vladimir Bortko—has now gained a new voice in the form of an audiobook.
The 1920s of the twentieth century.
Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazhensky, an outstanding surgeon, planned an unprecedented experiment—an operation to transplant a human pituitary gland and dog testicles into a dog. The opportunity to become human was given to the pedigree-less dog Sharik. The donor of the organs was Klim Chugunkin, who died in a brawl—a drunk, a troublemaker, and a hooligan. The results of the operation exceeded all expectations…