Diaries and Selected Letters

Resumen del libro

The career of Mikhail Bulgakov, the author of Master and Margarita - now regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature - was characterized by a constant and largely unsuccessful struggle against state censorship. This suppression did not only apply to his art: in 1926 his personal diary was seized by the authorities. From then on he confined his thoughts to letters to his friends and family, as well as to public figures such as Stalin and his fellow Soviet writer Gorky, while also encouraging his wife Yelena to keep a diary, with many entries influenced or even dictated by him.This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and literature, telling the tragic tale of the fate of an artist under a totalitarian regime.

Biografía del autor

Poeta, novelista, ensayista y periodista, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (Barcelona, 1939 - Bangkok, 2003) forma parte del selecto grupo de intelectuales indispensables para entender la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Autor multidisciplinar, fueron sus novelas protagonizadas por el detective Pepe Carvalho las que lo convirtieron en un fenómeno narrativo internacional. Ganador, entre otros galardones, del Premio Nacional de Narrativa, del Premio de la Crítica, del Premio Nacional de las Letras y del Premio Planeta, en toda su obra existe un vínculo común: la recuperación de la memoria a través de la crónica social. Fuera cual fuese el género que tratara, el objetivo de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán fue cuestionar el desorden del mundo desde una perspectiva absolutamente personal e inimitable.