{"product_id":"a-dogs-heart-a-monstrous-story-9781843914020","title":"A Dog's Heart: A Monstrous Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough surreal, often grotesque humour, Bulgakov gives an ingenious new twist to the \"Frankenstein\" parable, in a new translation of one of the most popular satires on the Russian Revolution and on Soviet society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving been scalded by boiling water earlier that day, and with little chance to survive the severe winter night, a stray dog is left for dead on the streets. Lamenting his fate, he is ill-prepared for the chance arrival of a wealthy professor who befriends him and takes him home. However, it seems the professor's motives are not entirely altruistic--an expert in medical experimentation, he sees his new charge as the potential subject for a bizarre operation, and implants glands from a dead criminal in the dog. The resulting half-man, half-beast is, as to be expected, a monstrosity, yet one that fits in remarkably well with Soviet society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mikhail Bulgakov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hesperus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 4.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843914020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMikhail Bulgakov\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e, widely hailed as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. \u003cb\u003eA. S. Byatt\u003c\/b\u003e is the acclaimed Booker-prize winning author of such works as \u003ci\u003eThe Biographer's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Children's Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle Black Book of Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mikhail Bulgakov \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47659076288669,"sku":"9781843914020","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_c848142b-2812-4c2c-aaca-eec6aa50c521.jpg?v=1771349787","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-dogs-heart-a-monstrous-story-9781843914020","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}