Absurdist satirical tales of Soviet bureaucracy and post-revolution chaos, mixing dark humor with surreal, diabolical twists.
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Absurdist satirical tales of Soviet bureaucracy and post-revolution chaos, mixing dark humor with surreal, diabolical twists.
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Diaboliad and Other Stories is the only complete translation of his first collection of short stories, plus six of his best feuilletons from the 1920s. The targets of Bulgakov's brilliant, dark satires here include the Gogolian bureaucracy that mushroomed after the Revolution, the subjugation of science to the state, and the price to be paid when the new world of Communism clashed with the old order. Everywhere the reader will find Bulgakov's customary exuberance, brilliance, and originality, as...
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Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
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Civil-war killings and moral horror; chaotic peril and deaths
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Diabolical imagery and devilish atmosphere used satirically
Magic & witchcraft
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Surreal magical-realist doubles, vanishings, and absurd twists
Occult / demonology
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Diabolical motifs frame satire; not ritual occult practice
Political content
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Central satire of Soviet bureaucracy, Revolution, and state power
Self-harm / suicide
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Title story ends in on-page suicide during mental collapse
Abuse & suffering
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Bureaucratic cruelty and civil-war suffering; systemic oppression
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