The White Guard: Introduction by Orlando Figes

by Mikhail Bulgakov

Bulgakov's brilliant novel, first published in 1925, portrays his beloved city of Kiev as it is torn apart during a few crucial weeks in 1918, seen through the eyes of a family fleeing the Russian revolution.

With cinematic vividness, Bulgakov puts us on the streets of a gracious, historic city as it is successively besieged by invading Germans, Ukrainian nationalists, the Red Guard of the Bolsheviks, and the White Guard loyal to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101908440
• ISBN13: 9781101908440
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.3"