The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow accompanied by various demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat. When he leaves, the asylums are full and the…

This is an absorbing account of the life and work of one of Russia’s most inventive and exuberant novelists and playwrights.

Upon publication this was the full, post-glasnost critical biography of Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940). Lesley Milne traces Bulgakov’s career from the ethical concept of the writer’s role, his response to his…

Heart of a Dog (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 NEP…

First published in 1925, 'The White Guard' is an engrossing book in which a Kyiv family is caught up in the Ukrainian War of Independence. Written by Mikhail Bulgakov, a…

Anatoly Smelyansky has constructed a portrait of the writer Mikhail Bulgakov. Bulgakov is seen as a pariah of Soviet Russia, fighting for his work and his life in a society…

In Soviet Moscow, God is dead, but the devil - is very much alive. As death and destruction spread through the city like wildfire, condemning Moscow’s cultural elite to prison…

As the turbulent years following the Russian revolution of 1917 settle, the brilliant and eccentric zoologist Persikov discovers an amazing ray that drastically increases the size and reproductive rate of…