Author Description

'The White Guard' is less famous than Mikhail Bulgakov's comic hit, 'The Master and Margarita', but it is a lovely book, though completely different in tone.It is set in Kiev during the Russian revolution and tells a story about the war's effect on a middle-class family (not workers). The story was not politically correct and thereby contributed to Bulgakov's lifelong troubles with the Soviet authorities.It was, however, well-loved, and the novel was turned into a successful play at the time of its publication in 1967.