Notes on a Cuff and Other Stories

New Translation

Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov, Roger Cockrell

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English

Alma Edizioni
01 December 2014

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation

Begun in 1920 while Bulgakov was employed in a hospital in the remote Caucasian outpost of Vladikavkaz, and continued when he started working for a government literary department in Moscow, Notes on a Cuff is a series of journalistic sketches which show the young doctor trying to embark on a literary career among the chaos of war, disease, politics and bureaucracy.

Stylistically brilliant and brimming with humour and literary allusion, Notes on a Cuff is presented here in a new translation, along with a collection of other short pieces by Bulgakov, many of them - such as 'The Cockroach' and 'A Dissolute Man' - published for the first time in the English language.

By: Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov
Translated by: Roger Cockrell
Imprint: Alma Edizioni
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm,
Weight: 246g
ISBN: 9781847493873
ISBN 10: 1847493874
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 December 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Notes on a Cuff and Other Stories: New Translation

This is a very good place to start on Bulgakov if you haven’t read any of his work before. All his manic energy is here; and so, largely, is his talent. (...) In Notes on a Cuff you can see one of the most original voices of the 20th century starting to find itself. Congratulations to the publisher for making it available to us. * The Guardian * Loyal fans will enjoy spotting the great writer's early seeds of talent. * The Times * Roger Cockrell's unstrained and highly readable translations capture with admirable versatility the whole gamut of situations, characters and voices encompassed in this absorbing collection of stories. * East-West Review * Vigorous, unevenly brilliant and deeply felt, (these stories) amply justify Bulgakov's attraction to the darker aspects of his times... they sparkle with herlter-skelter Gogolian verve. * TLS *