Полное собрание романов, повестей и рассказов в одном томе

by Mikhail Bulgakov, Михаил Булгаков

V dannyi tom sobrany romany, povesti i rasskazy odnogo iz samykh zagadochnykh i talantlivykh russkikh prozaikov - Mikhaila Afanas'evicha Bulgakova, ch'i proizvedeniia voshli v zolotoi fond mirovoi klassiki..... ..

1248 pages

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (Russian: Михаил Булгаков) was a Russian writer, medical doctor, and playwright. His novel The Master and Margarita , published posthumously, has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century.

He also wrote the novel The White Guard and the plays Ivan Vasilievich, Flight (also called The Run ), and The Days of the Turbins . He wrote mostly about the horrors of the Russian Civil War and about the fate of Russian intellectuals and officers of the Tsarist Army caught up in revolution and Civil War.

Some of his works ( Flight , all his works between the years 1922 and 1926, and others) were banned by the Soviet government, and personally by Joseph Stalin, after it was decided by them that they "glorified emigration and White generals". On the other hand, Stalin loved The Days of the Turbins (also called The Turbin Brothers ) very much and reportedly saw it at least 15 times.

Reviews

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick take: Полное собрание романов, повестей и рассказов в одном томе moves like a freight train and has about as much subtlety. What worked: the pacing, which is relentless. What didn't: the dialogue, which sometimes sounds like a press release. Recommend for readers who want to turn pages without thinking too hard, skip for anyone who cares about sentences.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 3 out of 5]

The detail that stuck with me from Полное собрание романов, повестей и рассказов в одном томе was something almost throwaway, a tiny moment that explained a whole character. Mikhail Bulgakov is a master of the offhand reveal, and I'm a sucker for it. The big plot beats are less memorable. Perfect for character-first readers, skip if you want a big plot.