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The Master and Margarita

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Penguin Group USA, 1997 - Fiction - 411 pages

Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. Full of pungency and wit, this luminous work is Bulgakov's crowning achievement, skilfully blending magical and realistic elements, grotesque situations and major ethical concerns. Written during the darkest period of Stalin's repressive reign and a devastating satire of Soviet life, it combines two distinct yet interwoven parts, one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem, each brimming with incident and with historical, imaginary, frightful and wonderful characters. Although completed in 1940, The Master and Margarita was not published until 1966 when the first section appeared in the monthly magazine Moskva. Russians everywhere responded enthusiastically to the novel's artistic and spiritual freedom and it was an immediate and enduring success. This new translation has been made from the complete and unabridged Russian text.

 

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Great Writer, great book. - Goodreads
First part was hard to read, but later it read itself. - Goodreads
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Trippy. I think my first intro to magical realism, too. - Goodreads

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A little less than halfway through Bulgakov's restrainedly weird The Master and Margarita the titular Master describes how "Love leaped up out at us like a murderer jumping out of a dark alley. It ... Read full review

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This is more of a rant than a review but here it goes. I hate to admit it, but I actually loved this book as an angsty teen and reread about half-dozen times, at least once a year. Decades later I ... Read full review

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Mikhail Bulgakov. The Master and Margarita (1997)
Another twenty-six years had to pass before events bore out that belief and The Master and Margarita, by what seems a surprising oversight in Soviet ...
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Master and Margarita: Introduction
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The Master and Margarita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Master and Margarita (Russian: Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, woven about the premise of a visit by the Devil to the fervently ...
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The Master and Margarita
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Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita: a literary mystification
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The Master and Margarita (Characters) Contents: Introduction Author Biography Plot Summary Themes Style Historical Context Critical Overview Criticism.
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Mikhail Bulgakov, THE MASTER AND MARGARITA
His novel The Master and Margarita, generally considered his masterpiece, was written during the last few years of his life, as his health was failing, ...
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Master and Margarita
Original novel by Mikhail Bulgakov. Adapted for the stage by Jean-Claude van Itallie from a translation by Sergei Kobiakoff August 2 - 30, 2003 ...
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About the author (1997)

Mikhail Bulgakov (1891?1940) was a doctor, novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and assistant director of the Moscow Arts Theater
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced acclaimed translations of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Gogol, and Bulgakov. Their translation of The Brothers Karamazov won the 1991 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize. They are married and live in Paris, France.
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced acclaimed translations of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Gogol, and Bulgakov. Their translation of The Brothers Karamazov won the 1991 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize. They are married and live in Paris, France.
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced acclaimed translations of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Gogol, and Bulgakov. Their translation of The Brothers Karamazov won the 1991 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize. They are married and live in Paris, France.

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TitleThe Master and Margarita
Fontana Russian novels
Fontana modern novels
Penguin Classics
Penguin twentieth-century classics
AuthorMilkhail Bulgakov
Translated byRichard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky
ContributorRichard Pevear
PublisherPenguin Group USA, 1997
ISBN0141180145, 9780141180144
Length411 pages
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