Showing posts with label Heart of a Dog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heart of a Dog. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

“Just take everything and divide it up…” (a quote from “Heart of a Dog” by M. Bulgakov)






There's nothing new under the Sun.  Bulgakov wrote a brilliant, hilarious and poignant, short novel "Heart of a Dog" in 1925.  If you get a chance, read it.  I recommend Mirra Ginsburg's English translation which you can get from  Amazon.  (There's also a great movie “Heart of a Dog” based on the novel.  Again, Amazon has it with English subtitles.)
It's astonishing how true it rings.  Improbable as it may seem, I bet you'll find quite a few similarities between the early 20th century Russia and today’s America.  Sad that we refuse to learn from history.  

Live for the Love of it,
The Happy Amateur