by Mikhail Bulgakov (Author)
The setting is Kiev in 1918, a time of revolution, turmoil and civil war. The Germans have occupied the city, Petlyura's Socialists are camped outside awaiting their moment, while the Bolsheviks watch, contemplating their buried armaments. The once wealthy Turbin family are in anguish as their world grows smaller and smaller. Called a modern classic by C. P. Snow, this novel first appared in 1923, and was banned by Stalin in the '30s.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 319
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
Published: Dec 1994
ISBN 10: 0897332466
ISBN 13: 9780897332460