{"product_id":"2026200009983-secondhand-a-pictorial-biography-of-mikhail-bulgakov","title":"A Pictorial Biography Of Mikhail Bulgakov","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: paperback. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew writers of the twentieth century have led lives as dramatic and turbulent as Mikhail Bulgakov — the Soviet-era playwright, novelist, and satirist whose work was censored, suppressed, and yet ultimately immortalized. This pictorial biography chronicles his extraordinary life through a rich collection of photographs and visual documents, presenting the man behind the masterpieces: from his early years in Kyiv to the literary circles of Moscow, his fraught relationship with the Soviet state, and his enduring creative defiance in the face of persecution.\n\nBulgakov's legacy rests most famously on The Master and Margarita, a novel he revised until his dying breath and which was not published in full until decades after his death — a testament to both the power of his art and the regime that feared it. This volume illustrates the intimate textures of his world: the people, the places, and the cultural currents that shaped a writer who refused to be silenced. For admirers of Russian literature and students of Soviet history alike, this photobiography leaves one asking: how does a man write freely in an age of absolute censorship?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130487447771,"sku":"2026200009983-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/04269d9b-501d-4871-b736-70f11b89e20a.png?v=1786585918","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009983-secondhand-a-pictorial-biography-of-mikhail-bulgakov","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}