Dog's heart

Author: Bulgakov
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Heart of Dog was written in early 1925 and received unanimous praise in literary circles. People discovered that it indeed sharply criticized reality, but the criticism was aimed at the brutality, ignorance, and absurdity in reality. The novel tells the story of a dog that suddenly becomes a rogue with a human appearance after undergoing a pituitary gland transplant surgery. As a result, rogue behavior, seeping into every cell of the laboratory monster named Shalikov, spreads with the hormones secreted by the pituitary gland. The horror of Shalikov lies not only in the vices of the proletariat in him but also in his vulgarization of socialism.