5 Ergebnisse.

Mikhail Bulgakov's The Life of Monsieur de Moliere is a fascinating portrait of the great French seventeenth-century satirist by one of the great Russian satirists of our own century. For Bulgakov, Moliere was an alter ego whose destiny seemed to parallel his own. As Bulgakov's translator, Mirra Ginsburg, informs us: "There is much besides their craft that links these two men across the centuries. Both had a sharp satirical eye and an infinite...

As the devil and his retinue wreak havoc in Moscow, two lovers are caught in the chaos: the Master, a writer broken by criticisms of his novel, and Margarita, for whom the devil has his own plans. Initially banned by the very bureaucracy it criticises, Bulgakov's novel is here given new life by two acclaimed artists.

Young Dr. Bromgard has come to a small country town to assume a new practice. No sooner has he arrived than he receives word that a colleague, Dr. Polyakov, has fallen gravely ill. Before Bromgard can go to his friend's aid, Polyakov is brought to his practice in the middle of the night with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and, barely conscious, gives Bromgard his journal before dying. What Bromgard uncovers in the entries is Polyakov's uncont...

Keine Beschreibung.

Neither of the plays in this volume, 'Flight' (1926-28) and 'Bliss' (1934) was published until long after the author's death. By 1929, his persistent refusal to conform to the demands of the Communist government and critics has led to a ban on all his work. 'Flight' was not produced until 1957 and 'Bliss' has never yet been produced.