A Young Doctor's Notebook: New Translation

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In this collection of short stories, drawing heavily from the authors own experiences as a medical graduate on the eve of the Russian Revolution, Bulgakov describes a young doctors turbulent and often brutal introduction to his practice in the backward village of Muryovo. Using a sharply realistic and humorous style, Bulgakov reveals his doubts about his own competence and the immense burden of responsibility, as he deals with a superstitious and poorly educated people struggling to enter the modern age. This acclaimed collection contains some of Bulgakovs most personal and insightful observations on youth, isolation and progress.

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'One of the great classics of medical literature.' The Times

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Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) was a Soviet Russian author and playwright best known for The Master and Margarita, Black Snow and Diaboliad.