Dog Heart
About This Novel
"Heart of a Dog" is an absurd satirical novel that reflects the social life in Moscow in the 1920s. Preobrazhensky, a well-known European medical professor, and his assistant Dr. Bormentar conducted a bold experiment in which they implanted the pituitary gland of a dead man into a dog in an attempt to discover the secret that promotes the rejuvenation of the human body. Surprisingly, however, the results of the experiment led to the humanization of dogs. Although this dog that became a human has a human appearance and the ability to speak, it does not have any moral consciousness. He was shameless and obscene, and did whatever he wanted, making the professor's family restless. In the end, he drew a gun and threatened the life of his creator. As a last resort, the professor and his assistant turned him back into a dog again. The writer uses ingenious artistic techniques to integrate reality and fantasy, tragedy and comedy, light humor and bitter irony, and at the same time puts forward a series of major propositions related to the development of human beings.
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Official(1)Scraped 23d ago
Why do you always use dogs as a negative example?
The cruelty of dogs is sometimes a sign of dissatisfaction
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Official(1)Scraped 23d ago
Why do you always use dogs as a negative example?
The cruelty of dogs is sometimes a sign of dissatisfaction
