The Flight

Book Review

"The Flight" by Mikhail Bulgakov is a tragic poem about the death of a world, where the rupture of eras and human destinies takes on tangible form. In this work, the author brings to life with striking artistic power the atmosphere of chaos and hopelessness that reigned during the years of Civil War and emigration. Bulgakov masterfully paints a gallery of characters—from the doomed General Charnota to the tormented Sergeyeva—each bearing the imprint of a lost homeland and an irresolvable inner conflict. Critics note the particular expressiveness of the language, the symbolism, and the tragic irony that permeates the play. "The Flight" is not only a chronicle of escape, but also a profound meditation on the fate of a person caught at the turning point of history, on the impossibility of return, and the longing for a lost home. Bulgakov succeeded in creating a work in which the personal drama of the characters merges with the catastrophe of an entire era, and artistic truth rises above political judgment.