Vintage Bulgakov: The Heart Of A Dog

This absurd and superbly comic classic follows a successful Moscow professor who attempts a daring scientific experiment by transplanting human organs into a stray dog. The result is a distinctly—and worryingly—human animal that quickly turns the professor’s respectable life into an unendurable nightmare. As the creature begins to navigate Soviet society, the boundaries between man and beast blur with hilarious and horrifying consequences.

Featuring a new introduction by Andrey Kurkov, Heart of a Dog serves as a fierce and biting parable of the Russian Revolution and the attempt to "engineer" a new type of citizen. Mikhail Bulgakov’s sharp satire explores the dangers of scientific hubris and the chaotic reality of post-revolutionary life. Both a dark comedy and a profound political allegory, this masterpiece remains one of the most provocative works of the twentieth century.