Bormenthal attempt to teach the man/dog hybrid basic etiquette, but are appalled to find the being is a bit of an unhinged maverick. And to his amazement, Sharik begins showing human-like behaviours. The dog survives the operation and Philipovich considers himself a worthy genius. And sedates the dog and operates, giving the dog a human pituitary gland. Sharik settles in and believes he’s simply a pet, but his master has experimental plans for him. Philipovich is anti- communism, but the state doesn’t do him in because of his surgery skills assisting with the Soviet Union’s leadership. Ivan Arnoldovich Bormenthal and two female servants. Whilst there, the dog meets the surgeon’s protegé Dr.
The surgeon feeds the beast and brings it home to live in his huge apartment. The dog believes its end is nigh, but a rich and successful surgeon called Philip Philipovich Preobrazhensky spots the dog and saves it.Īlthough a brilliant surgeon, he’s also pompous, pretentious, and overprivileged.Īll the same, initially he comes across as kindly. The plot? Set in Moscow, 1924, a stray dog foraging through restaurant trash is scalded with boiling water by an enraged chef. Yes, with an opening line like that it’s fair to say we thoroughly enjoyed this book. Whilst a rather macabre novella, Bulgakov’s work is also crammed with a sense of slapstick satire and a fine lust for the absurd. Not until 1987 was it first published in Russia, hitting book shelves elsewhere from 1968. But Heart of a Dog is a satirical take on Bolshevism-it was written in 1925.Īs with his most famous work, the publication of this novella was heavily delayed in the Soviet Union. Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) is most famous for his epic farce The Master and Margarita (written in the late 1920s).
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