The Secrets of Bulgakov: Deciphered The White Guard

DECIPHERING THE CRYPTIC SCRIPT OF BULGAKOV'S FIRST NOVEL! «It was a great year and a terrible year by the Nativity of Christ 1918, at the beginning of the second revolution…» — the opening lines of «The White Guard» are as... captivating as the legendary «In a white cloak with a bloody lining, with a shuffling cavalry gait…», and the text of Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov's debut novel is as full of secrets and enigmas as the genius «The Master and Margarita». The book by the renowned expert on M.A. Bulgakov's works, Doctor of Philological Sciences B.V. Sokolov, deciphers the cryptic script, subtexts, and secret codes of «The White Guard», restoring the true biography of the great writer, the history and hidden meanings of his first masterpiece, which became the best literary work about the tragedy of the Russian intelligentsia amidst the fires of the Civil War and is included in the school curriculum.