A Country Doctor's Notebook

TRANSLATED BY MICHAEL GLENNYWith the ink still wet on his diploma, the twenty-five-year-old Dr Mikhail Bulgakov was flung into the depths of rural Russia which, in 1916-17, was still largely unaffected by such novelties as the motor car, the telephone or electric light.

Cu cerneala inca umeda de pe diploma, doctorul Mihail Bulgakov, in varsta de douazeci si cinci de ani, a fost aruncat in adancurile Rusiei rurale, care, in 1916-1917, era inca in mare parte neafectata de noutati precum automobilul, telefonul sau lumina electrica.