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softrosemint 's review for:
The Heart of a Dog
by Mikhail Bulgakov
Short but smart and funny and entertaining, while also remaining layered and poignant. I feel like we are starting to lose this a little bit in the current publishing environment which is very profit driven - which may be an unfair comparison since Bulgakov had no choice but to not be so.
There is a lot in the novella that prompts contemplation and consideration. It is an examination of the remnants of a revolution but it is also an examination of the old regime clinging onto the last remnants of itself. It cannot be read as condemnation of one or the other the same way it cannot be read as glorification of one or the other. It is a grotesque situation that somehow feels like an honest eyes-wide-open reflection of society.
It is strange because it still feels so relevant today. A clash of the ideas of the masses and the ideas of the intelligentsia and how taking either to an extreme puts them at odds. And no one would like to admit they are wrong. I can tell I will be thinking about it for a long time.
There is a lot in the novella that prompts contemplation and consideration. It is an examination of the remnants of a revolution but it is also an examination of the old regime clinging onto the last remnants of itself. It cannot be read as condemnation of one or the other the same way it cannot be read as glorification of one or the other. It is a grotesque situation that somehow feels like an honest eyes-wide-open reflection of society.
It is strange because it still feels so relevant today. A clash of the ideas of the masses and the ideas of the intelligentsia and how taking either to an extreme puts them at odds. And no one would like to admit they are wrong. I can tell I will be thinking about it for a long time.