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In his lifetime, Mikhail Bulgakov was scarcely published. A quarter of a century after his death, his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita, became a worldwide bestseller. In Manuscripts Don't Burn the title a line from his famous novel, J.A. E. Curtis presents a gripping chronicle of Bulgakov's life, using as source material, among other documents, a partial copy of one o...more
Published November 2nd 1992 by Harry N. Abrams (first published December 31st 1991)
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Mar 23, 2015Susan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Recommends it for: Bulgakov fans, Russian literature lovers
Shelves: russia, books-about-books, bulgakov, memoir-autobiography-letters

Mikhail Bulgakov is now widely acknowledged as one of the greatest writers of the Soviet period, but due to the rigid censorship of the regime, didn’t live to see his best works published or performed. Because Bulgakov was adept at reworking his material in different forms — novels, plays and short stories — and because different versions of his work were published at different times, reading his work becomes a kind of literary treasure hunt.

J.A.E. Curtis, Professor of Russian Literature at Oxfo

...moreMar 29, 2015Michael rated it really liked it · review of another editionManuscripts Don
Shelves: non-fiction, 1990s, biography, books-about-books
Mikhail Bulgakov is (in my opinion) the greatest satirist of the soviet era. Like most satirists, his genius was missed by so many people and he had a very difficult life. Trying to make it as a writer while all his works kept getting banned lead him to want to be expelled from the Soviet Union, he even wrote letters to many members of the party, including Stalin. A phone call from Stalin, he was asked if he wanted to leave the USSR. I believed he declined out of fear of the consequences, but th...more
Sep 12, 2008J.A. rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2008-books, books-to-spare, русская-литература
Tremendous insight into the life of a writer who was vastly suppressed during his lifetime. I took copious notes solely for my own information. I did not gain as much insight as I had hoped from reading his The Life of Monsieur de Moliere, but here I was able to read what precipitated the writing of that book. I had learned a basic biography of Bulgakov when I studied The Master and Margarita in college, but reading this immediately before my spring re-reading of his magnum opus has been invalua...more
Jul 25, 2007Wm rated it really liked it
Shelves: literary-criticism, history-biography-memoir
Curtis does an excellent job of setting up the letters and diary entries. Which is pretty much all that was needed.
Yes this makes Bulgakov all too human. He can be whiny and self-absorbed and unpleasant and simply mundane. But in encountering the human and the mundane, one feels even more deeply just how frustrating his career and life was. It's a devastating read. And it makes you realize that for all the hype, The Master and Margarita is without a doubt a miracle, a gift, a thing of awe, a ma...more
Fascinating quasi-biography of the Soviet-era writer Mikhail Bulgakov. I'm inspired to read everything I can lay my hands on by him now. This is a guy who had the courage, not only to refuse to tow the propaganda line in Stalin's Russia, but to write to Stalin (repeatedly) begging for him and his wife to be exiled from Russia as all of his works had been banned. Really this speaks to the so-called indomitable spirit of writers. You think you've got problems getting published, modern writers? Rea...more
Mar 23, 2013Mitchell rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This compilation of letters and journals of Bulgakov and his wife offers an excellent insight into the horror of Stalinism. You learn all the details of Bulgakov's struggles to survive politically, economically, and health-wise. The literary debate material can get a little tedious, but it is worth it.
A truly great collection of Dr Bulgakov's personal letters, diaries and photographs which depict his life very vividly. I believe that this book is a must-read to anyone who would like to experience 'the real-life background of his novels' on a more exhaustive scale. Prepare yourself for a terrific roller coaster.

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Oct 01, 2016Amir Kamali rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
One of the saddest books I've ever read.

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Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kyiv, Russian Empire (today Ukraine) on May 15 1891. He studied and briefly practised medicine and, after indigent wanderings through revolutionary Russia and the Caucasus, he settled in Moscow in 1921. His sympathetic portrayal of White characters in his stories, in the plays The Days of the Turbins (The White Guard), which enjoyed great success at the Moscow Art Thea...more
“To struggle against censorship, whatever its nature, and whatever the power under which it exists, is my duty as a writer, as are calls for freedom of the press. I am a passionate supporter of that freedom, and I consider that if any writer were to imagine that he could prove he didn't need that freedom, then he would be like a fish affirming in public that it didn't need water.” — 39 likes

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