Heart of a Dog
rus. Собачье сердце · 1925
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Main Ideas
- Critique of socialist experiments and utopian ideas about creating a new human.
- Ethical and moral questions related to interfering with human nature and conducting scientific experiments.
- The issue of a scientist's responsibility for their discoveries and their consequences.
- Satirical depiction of Soviet society and bureaucracy.
- Conflict between human nature and imposed social roles.
- Questions of identity and self-determination, both on a personal and societal level.
Date of publication: 2 September 2024
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Genre: Classical literature
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