The Heart Of A Dog
1925 • 128 pages

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15

A superb comic masterpiece and fierce parable of the Russian Revolution by the author of The Master and Margarita. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOVA rich, successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting into it the testicles and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man. A distinctly worryingly human animal is now on the loose, and the professor's hitherto respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond endurance. An absurd and superbly comic story, this classic novel can also be read as a fierce parable of the Russian Revolution.


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8/10

December 26, 2021

Gave me the creeps on various levels, which I think is a good sign.

March 26, 2017

Such a good read, enjoyed through and through

July 7, 2024