A Young Doctor's Notebook: New Translation (Alma Classics): Mikhail Bulgakov

by Mikhail Bulgakov (Author), Mikhail Bulgakov (Author), Translated by Hugh Aplin (Author)

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  Paperback
  2012

  $10.30

  In this collection of short stories, drawing heavily from the author's own experiences as a medical graduate on the eve of the Russian Revolution, Bulgakov describes a young doctor's turbulent and often brutal introduction to his practice in the backward village of Muryovo. Using a sharply realistic and humorous style, Bulgakov reveals his doubts about his own competence and the immense burden of responsibility, as he deals with a superstitious and poorly educated people struggling to enter the modern age. This acclaimed collection contains some of Bulgakov's most personal and insightful observations on youth, isolation and progress.