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Guys, read Gogol again first, so you can talk like that – “Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka” is still our cultural heritage, no matter how silly it may sound… and regarding Bulgakov – besides “The Master and Margarita,” he has other works that show the change in his worldview… he wrote his novel about the time when “sturgeon was second freshness,” as a commentary on current events, so we simply miss most of his metaphors… it’s a very profound work – he who has ears, let him hear.