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One reviewer in The Life Of Art, Number 44, 1927, suggested that they should take Bulgakov and “just bash him over the head with a basin” and that Soviet citizens have no more need of Bulgakov’s work “than a dog needs a brassiere.”

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Posted on October 27, 2011 by admin

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From Bulgakov: A Life in Letters and Diaries by Julie Curtis

‘When I carried out an analysis of my album of cuttings, I discovered that there had been 301 references to me in the Soviet press during my ten years of work in the field of literature. Of these, three were complimentary and 298 were hostile and abusive.’ – Mikhail Bulgakov

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Posted on September 12, 2011 by admin

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