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About this book
A superb comic masterpiece and fierce parable of the Russian Revolution by the author of The Master and Margarita. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOVA rich, successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting into it the testicles and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man. A distinctly worryingly human animal is now on the loose, and the professor's hitherto respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond endurance. An absurd and superbly comic story, this classic novel can also be read as a fierce parable of the Russian Revolution.
Details
- First published
- 1994
- OL Work ID
- OL260422W
Subjects
FictionLiteratureAnimal experimentationHistoryContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)Soviet union, history, revolution, 1917-1921, fictionGeneralDogsFiction, humorousSlavic philologyFiction, historical, generalSoviet union, fictionFiction, generalFiction, satireMoscow (russia), fictionAnimal experimentation--soviet union--fictionPg3476.b78 a2 2007891.7342