Professor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms. In the wake of a plague that has decimated the country's poultry stocks, Persikov's discovery is exploited as a means to correct the problem. As foreign agents, the state and the Soviet media all seize upon the red ray, matters get out of hand -
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'The exuberance of it - has to enliven the reader, and make us laugh.' --Doris Lessing
'Bulgakov was not merely a brilliant observer of what was going on around him, but had an uncanny ability to pick out the particular manifestations of folly and discord which would set the tone of the era to follow.' --The Guardian
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Russian novelist and dramatist Mikhail Bulgakov (1891--1940) is one of the foremost satirists of the twentieth century and most famous for The Master and Margarita.
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- EditoreOneworld Classics Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione2011
- ISBN 10 1847491847
- ISBN 13 9781847491848
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine144
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