Morphine

Mikhail Bulgakov – the main Russian mystic of the 20th century. A doctor by education and a subtle satirist by vocation, he witnessed and masterfully described the breaks of eras, the Revolution, the civil war, the complexities of the profession, and the abyss of addiction. For the series of stories "Notes of a Young Doctor", he drew on his own experience as a district doctor and created a whole array of colorful characters with their quirks, fears, and prejudices. And the novella "Morphine", stylized as a diary, is also almost autobiographical – after a failed operation, Bulgakov was forced to inject himself with painkillers and became addicted to them.