Happenings Archive

The Bookworm Book Club meets every month to discuss exciting works of literature from both modern authors and classic masters! In October we will meet to talk about Heart of a Dog by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. A biting satire of the New Soviet man, it was written in 1925 at the height of the NEP period,when communism appeared to be weakening in the Soviet Union.

The novel is generally interpreted as an allegory of the Communist revolution and “the revolution’s misguided attempt to radically transform mankind.“

It is “one of novelist Mikhail Bulgakov’s most beloved stories” featuring a stray dog “named Sharik who takes human form” as a slovenly and narcissistic incarnation of the New Soviet Man. The novel has become a cultural phenomenon in Russia, known and discussed by people “from school children to politicians.” It has become a subject of critical argument, was filmed in both Russian and Italian-language versions, and adapted in English as a play and an opera.

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Heart of a Dog is available for purchase at The Bookworm bookstore.