Description
| Product ID: | 9781847496058 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | DE |
| Title: | Diaries and Selected Letters |
| Subtitle: | First English Translation |
| Authors: | Author: Mikhail Bulgakov, Roger Cockrell |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: writers, Autobiography: literary, Diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Diaries, letters & journals, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Russian |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and literature, telling the tragic tale of the fate of an artist under a totalitarian regime. The career of Mikhail Bulgakov, the author of Master and Margarita – now regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature – was characterized by a constant and largely unsuccessful struggle against state censorship. This suppression did not only apply to his art: in 1926 his personal diary was seized by the authorities. From then on he confined his thoughts to letters to his friends and family, as well as to public figures such as Stalin and his fellow Soviet writer Gorky, while also encouraging his wife Yelena to keep a diary, with many entries influenced or even dictated by him. |
| Imprint Name: | Alma Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Alma Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-10-20 |