This article is about the novella. For the 1988 Soviet film adaptation, see Heart of a Dog (1988 film). For the unrelated 2015 American film, see Heart of a Dog (2015 film).
Heart of a Dog
First English edition
Author
Mikhail Bulgakov
Original title
Собачье сердце
Country
USSR
Language
Russian
Genre
Satire
Publisher
Harcourt Brace (English)
Publication date
1925
Published in English
1968
Media type
Print (hardback and paperback)
OCLC
816041597
Dewey Decimal
812/.54 19
LC Class
PS3556.E42 E4 1990
Heart of a Dog (Russian: Собачье сердце, romanized: Sobachye serdtse) is a novella by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. A biting satire of Bolshevism, it was written in 1925 at the height of the New Economic Policy, a period during which communism appeared to be relaxing in the Soviet Union.[1]
It is generally interpreted as an allegory of the communist revolution and "the revolution's misguided attempt to radically transform mankind".[2] Its publication was initially prohibited in the Soviet Union, but it circulated in samizdat until it was officially released in the country in 1987. It was almost immediately adapted into a movie, which was aired in late 1988 on First Channel of Soviet Television, gained almost universal acclaim and attracted many readers to the original Bulgakov text.
Since then, the novella has become a cultural phenomenon in Russia, known and discussed by people "from schoolchildren to politicians".[3] It was filmed in Russian and Italian language versions, and was adapted in English as a play and an opera.[4]
^Cornwell, Neil; Nicole Christian (1998). Reference Guide to Russian Literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 103. ISBN 1-884964-10-9.
^Haber, Edythe C. (1998). Mikhail Bulgakov: The Early Years. Harvard University Press. pp. 216–217. ISBN 0-674-57418-4.
^Serebriakov, Alexandr. "Собачье сердце как зеркало русской контрреволюции". Scepsis.ru. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
^Yankova, Tatiana. "Автор и герой в "Собачьем сердце"". Scepsis.ru. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
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