With the ink still wet on his diploma, the twenty-five-year-old Dr Mikhail Bulgakov was flung into the depths of rural Russia which, in 1916-17, was still largely unaffected by such novelties as the motor car, the telephone or electric light. How his alter-ego copes (and fails to cope) with the new and often appalling responsibilities of a lone practitioner in a vast country practice -- in blizzards, pursued by wolves and on the eve of Revolution -- is described in Bulgakov's delightful blend of candid realism and imaginative exuberance.

Condition: Pre-loved book. Moderate yellowing of pages. Otherwise in good condition.

Format: Paperback
Year published: 1995
Pages: 158
Sub-genre: Non-fiction; memoir
Imprint: Harvill Press