| A Dead Man's Memoir: A Theatrical Novel Contributor(s): Bulgakov, Mikhail (Author), Bromfield, Andrew (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0140455140 ISBN-13: 9780140455144 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2007 Annotation: A new translation of one of the most popular satires on the Russian Revolution and Soviet society Best known for "The Master and Margarita," Mikhail Bulgakov is one of twentieth-century Russias most prominent novelists. A "Dead Mans Memoir" is a semi-autobiographical story about a writer who fails to sell his novel, then fails to commit suicide. When the writers play is taken up for production in a theater, literary success beckons, but he is not prepared to reckon with the grotesquely inflated egos of the actors, directors, and theater managers. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.08" W x 7.68" (0.35 lbs) 208 pages |
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| Publisher Description: A new translation of one of the most popular satires on the Russian Revolution and Soviet society Best known for The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov is one of twentieth-century Russia's most prominent novelists. A Dead Man's Memoir is a semi- autobiographical story about a writer who fails to sell his novel, then fails to commit suicide. When the writer's play is taken up for production in a theater, literary success beckons, but he is not prepared to reckon with the grotesquely inflated egos of the actors, directors, and theater managers. |