Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail Bulgakov was a Russian novelist, playwright, and short story writer who is one of the most important figures in twentieth-century Russian literature. Born in Kyiv in 1891, he trained as a doctor before turning to writing. His masterpiece The Master and Margarita was published decades after his death. A Dog's Heart is a satirical novella about a stray dog that is surgically transformed into a human being — a dark, funny allegory about the Soviet attempt to create a 'new man' through revolution. The novella was banned in the Soviet Union. Bulgakov's work is celebrated for its dark humour, its fantastic elements, and its courageous satire of Soviet society. Bulgakov died in 1940. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers brilliant, darkly funny Russian fiction — satire so sharp the Soviet Union had to ban it.