Morphine. Notes of a Young Doctor

In Russian literature, there are not many writers whose work is as autobiographical as that of Mikhail Bulgakov – a writer with a complicated and bitter fate, who endured the storms of the Civil War, overcame the heavy affliction of morphinism, experienced both loud fame and the fiercest persecution; an artist who opposed the "lawless tyranny" with the power of deadly irony and sarcasm. In "Notes of a Young Doctor" and the story "Morphine," there is a creative reflection of the story from M. Bulgakov's life in the Smolensk province, where he served as a district doctor. "The Uncommon Adventures of the Doctor" narrate about the post-revolutionary events in the North Caucasus. "Notes of a Dead Man," also included in this edition, are connected with Bulgakov's work as a playwright at the Moscow Art Theatre and were written during a difficult time for the writer when his plays were banned from being staged. Many pages of the novel are permeated with unparalleled Bulgakov sarcasm, and sometimes even venom, but do not hide the author's profound love for the theater and those who create it.