Diaboliad (Vintage Classics), Bulgakov, Mikhail

The five, irreverant, satirical and imaginative stories contained in Diaboliad caused an uproar upon the book'
s first publication in 1925. Full of invention, they display Bulgakov'
s breathtaking stylistic range, moving at dizzying speed from grotesque satire to science fiction, from the plainest realism to the most madcap fantasy. Diaboliad is a wonderful introduction to literature'
s most uncategorisable and subversive genius.