Mikhail Bulgakov : diaries and selected letters / Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated by Roger Cockrell
2013, First Edition. Richmond : Alma Classics. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages; Physical description; viii, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. The career of Mikhail Bulgakov, the author of Master and Margarita - now regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature - was characterized by a constant and largely unsuccessful struggle against state censorship. This suppression did not only apply to his art: in 1926 his personal diary was seized by the authorities. From then on he confined his thoughts to letters to his friends and family, as well as to public figures such as Stalin and his fellow Soviet writer Gorky, while also encouraging his wife Yelena to keep a diary, with many entries influenced or even dictated by him. Subjects; Bulgakov, Mikhail 1891-1940 - Diaries. Bulgakov, Mikhail 1891-1940 - Correspondence. Essays, journals, letters & other prose works. Item #226433
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