Morphine
Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov
(Author)
Hugh Aplin
(Translator)
Description
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 uncontrollable and merciless descent into morphine addiction -- his first injection to ease his back pain, the thrill of the drug as it overtakes him, the looming signs of addiction, and the feverish final entries before his death.Product Details
Price
$11.95
$11.11
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
September 26, 2013
Pages
55
Dimensions
4.4 X 0.3 X 6.8 inches | 0.15 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780811221689
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About the Author
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) was a Russian author and playwright -- one of the few writers allowed to publish during the Stalin era. His works include The Master and Margarita, Heart of a Dog, and the biography, Life of Mr. de Moliere
Hugh Aplin has translated works by Mikhail Bulgakov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, and Anton Chekhov.
Reviews
The anarchic, resistant genius of Russian literature. --George Steiner"
Even in his earliest writings, Mikhail Bulgakov exposed the ugliness and absurdity of Soviet reality. "
One of the great writers of the twentieth century. --A. S. Byatt"
Even in his earliest writings, Mikhail Bulgakov exposed the ugliness and absurdity of Soviet reality. "
One of the great writers of the twentieth century. --A. S. Byatt"