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11 de abr. de 2016 · The Heart of a Dog is also a warning about the disastrous consequences of the weak analogies and hasty generalizations characteristic of sham science, a cautionary tale about the danger of what Socrates defined as the most blameworthy ignorance: “to believe that one knows what one does not know.” 14. NOTES. 1. Mikhail Bulgakov.
The book is a satirical examination of one of the goals of the October Revolution of 1917: to create a new breed of man, uncorrupted by the past and above petit bourgeois concerns. In addressing this subject, The Heart of a Dog savages the rigid Soviet mind-set, science fiction, and a pseudoscientific theory of the 1920s that held out the promise of sexual rejuvenation through surgical ...
‘Heart of a Dog’ was written in 1925, but not a single literary magazine or publishing house would touch it. “It's a poignant pamphlet on modernity and could never to be printed,” the ...
9 de oct. de 2021 · Short description: - Moscow. 1924. As a result of one of his most difficult experiments, Professor Philip Philipovich Preobrazhensky makes an amazing discove...
25 de mar. de 2016 · This masterpiece, with tastes of sarcasm, switches points of view between observer, man, and dog. The premise was somewhat peculiar but was still interesting, and commented on social issues of that day. Due to a few parts containing some graphical depictions, I recommend this book for people 13 and up. Soviet literature book on a dog.
In Heart of a Dog, the Soviet government attacks more than just Philip Philippovich Preobrazhensky ’s oversized apartment and wealthy elite class: it also tries to eradicate the basic human values that make a life like Philip’s worth living. While solitary and occasionally standoffish, Philip still believes in treating everyone—even the intolerable, mischievous Sharikov —with dignity ...
30 de jul. de 2013 · The Heart of a Dog. Paperback – July 30, 2013. A new edition of Bulgakov’s fantastical precursor to The Master and Margarita, part of Melville House’s reissue of the Bulgakov backlist in Michael Glenny’s celebrated translations. A key work of early modernism, this is the superbly comic story of a Soviet scientist and a scroungy Moscow ...
