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  1. Diaboliad is an absolutely hilarious story, a funny satire of Soviet life. It is clearly inspired by Dostoevsky's The Double , exploring a typical office clerk stuck in an insanely bureaucratic system who eventually, due to some hilariously stupid events, loses his mind.

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    Diaboliad ( Russian: Дьяволиада) is a short story by Mikhail Bulgakov. It was the only story of his to be published as a book in his lifetime. [1] Mikhail Bulgakov in 1923. History. In 1923 Mikhail Bulgakov met Nikolai Semenovich Angarskiy, who was the senior editor and manager of the almanac Nedra.

  3. Summary. 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.

  4. Mar 22, 2016 · A brilliant satire of Soviet society, it was not published until 1966, 26 years after his death. Although he never experienced stable success and renown during his life, Bulgakov’s body of work is...

  5. Diaboliad and Other Stories: New Translation (Alma Classics) eBook : Bulgakov, Mikhail, Aplin, Hugh: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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  6. Diaboliad is a collection of five short satirical tales penned by the celebrated Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. At once dazzling and catastrophic these stories, published in 1925, poke fun at the failings of Soviet society.

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  8. THE DIABOLIAD The Tale of how Twins Destroyed a Chief Clerk I The Occurrence of the 20th A T A TIME WHEN EVERYONE was hopping from one job to another, Comrade Korotkov was working solidly at MaCenDepMatchMat (the Main Central Depot of Match Materials) in the permanent post of chief clerk, and he had worked there for eleven whole months.