Quotes from book
Heart of a Dog

Name: Heart of a Dog
Author: Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail BulgakovOriginal title Собачье сердце (Russian, 1987)

Heart of a Dog is a novel by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. A biting satire of Bolshevism, it was written in 1925 at the height of the NEP period, when communism appeared to be relaxing in the Soviet Union.

“The whole horror of the situation is that he now has a human heart, not a dog's heart. And about the rottenest heart in all creation!”

Mikhail Bulgakov book Heart of a Dog

Source: Heart of a Dog

“Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion.”

Mikhail Bulgakov book Heart of a Dog

Source: Heart of a Dog

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