The Fatal Eggs: New Translation

The Fatal Eggs: New Translation

Title: The Fatal Eggs: New Translation
Author: Mikhail Bulgakov
Release: 2014-05-08
Kind: ebook
Genre: Classics, Books, Fiction & Literature
Size: 417317
Set in 1928 but written four years earlier, during Stalin's rise to power, The Fatal Eggs is both an early piece of science fiction reminiscent of H.G. Wells and a biting, brilliant satire of the consequences of the abuse of power and knowledge. This edition is here presented in a new translation by Translated by Roger Cockrell.

Professor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms. In the wake of a plague that has decimated the country's poultry stocks, Persikov's discovery is exploited as a means to correct the problem. As foreign agents, the state and the Soviet media all seize upon the red ray, matters get out of hand -

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