A Young Doctor's Notebook

A Young Doctor's Notebook, also known as A Country Doctor's Notebook, is a short story cycle by the Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov. The stories, written in 1925–1926, are inspired by Bulgakov's experiences as a newly graduated young doctor in 1916–18, practicing in a small village hospital in Smolensk Governorate in revolutionary Russia. The stories initially appeared in Russian medical journals of the period and were later compiled by scholars into book form.
The first English translation was done by Michael Glenny and was published by Harvill Press in 1975. A more recent translation has been done by Hugh Aplin under the Oneworld Classics imprint. The title of the Aplin translation is A Young Doctor's Notebook.

Stories

"The Towel with a Cockerel Motif"
"Baptism by Version"
"The Steel Throat"
"The Blizzard"
"Egyptian Darkness"
"The Missing Eye"
"The Star Rash"

The Michael Glenny translation includes the short stories "The Murderer" and "Morphine" which are not included in the original cycle. The Hugh Aplin translation also includes "Morphine" but does not include "The Murderer".

Adaptations

In 2008, a Russian film adaptation, titled Morphine, was released.
In 2012, the book was turned into a British television miniseries with the same title and broadcast by Sky Arts as a part of the anthology series strand, Playhouse Presents. The role of the narrator/doctor is played by Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe, both fans of Bulgakov's works. The show also features Adam Godley, Vicki Pepperdine, Rosie Cavaliero, and Paul Popplewell.