Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog is a story by Mikhail Bulgakov. It features a professor Philip Philippovich Preobrazhensky who implants human testicles and pituitary gland into a stray dog named Sharik. Sharik then proceeds to become more and more human as time passes, picks himself the name Sharikov, makes himself a career, and turns the life in the professor's house into a nightmare until professor reverses the procedure.

Related Topics:
Mikhail Bulgakov - Testicle - Pituitary gland

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The tale is a satire of the Soviet Union. It is usually compared to Frankenstein.

Related Topics:
Soviet Union - Frankenstein

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A comic opera, The Murder of Comrade Sharik by William Bergsma (1973), is based on the plot of the story.

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Opera - William Bergsma

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The story was finished in 1925. It was published in the Soviet Union only in 1987, but was made known to Russian readers through samizdat. In 1968 it was published in English by Harvill Press, translated by Michael Glenny.

Related Topics:
Samizdat - Harvill Press - Michael Glenny

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