The fatal eggs / Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated by Roger Cockrell.

By: Bulgakov, Mikhail, 1891-1940 [author.]Contributor(s): Cockrell, Roger [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Richmond : Alma Classics, 2014©2011 Description: xiv, 142 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781847493712 (paperback)Uniform titles: Rokovye i͡aĭt͡sa. English LOC classification: PG3476.B78 R5813 2014Summary: 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