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Almost instantly after injecting one syringeful of two-per cent solution, a state of calm sets in which turns straight away into delight and bliss. But this continues for only one or two minutes. And then it's all lost without trace, as if it had never been. Pain, dread, darkness set in. The spring roars, black birds fly from bare branch to bare branch, while in the distance the forest reaches towards the sky like bristles, broken and black...

...she undid a package, and out of it fell a long, snow-white towel with an artless red cockerel embroidered on it....

And for many years it hung in my bedroom in Muryino, and then it went with me on my wanderings. Finally it grew ragged, faded, became full of holes, and finally disappeared, fading and disappearing just like memories.

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 230.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

I don‘t read many books about medicine so I probably wouldn‘t have read A Country Doctor‘s Notebook if not for the #Booked2021 prompt a doctor or nurse main character. All the stories were interesting, especially Baptism by Rotation, and gave a glimpse into life and medicine in a snowy Russian country town in 1916-1917.

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This is a quick read of short, related stories. Nothing compared to The Master and Margarita, but solid and interesting nonetheless. Nice perspective on practicing medicine in the boonies!

I love medical things, especially early medical things, so even though this collection of diary entries is a bit repetitive in the beginning I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Here we go! (I hated the start of the TV series, which seemed to be more of a farce... Never continued watching it. I hope the book is not like that.)

Most know Bulgakov for the Master and Margarita. This is some of his earlier writing, a series of semi autobiographical tales written about his time as a young doctor in a remote country town. An interesting picture of doubt in own abilities, many successes with patients and some failures.