Mikhael Bulgakov’s “The Steel Windpipe” in A Country Doctor’s Notebook

Michael Bloor (First published in Hektoen International, Feb 8th, 2014. Republished by Hektoen International, Fall, 2021.) Anton Chechov (1860–1904) is Russia’s most famous literary doctor, but another of Russia’s great twentieth century authors also practised medicine. Mikhael Bulgakov (1891–1940) was the banned author of The Master and Marguerita, first published twenty-six years after his death,Continue reading “Mikhael Bulgakov’s “The Steel Windpipe” in A Country Doctor’s Notebook”