The Master And Margarita

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By (author) Bulgakov Mikhail; Introduction by Self Will; Translated by Glenny Michael

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Bulgakov paints an excellent picture of Stalin’s regime in this allegorical masterpiece.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILL SELF

The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow accompanied by various demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat.

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in Bulgakov”s allegorical masterpiece
of Stalin’s regime the devil is making a personal appearance in Moscow.

He is accompanied by various demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat. When he leaves, the asylums are full and the forces of law and order are in disarray. Only the Master, a writer and a man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist the devil’s onslaught.

‘Stunning, superb…Bulgakov is one of the greatest Russian writers, perhaps the greatest’ Independent

‘A masterpiece – a classic of twentieth-century fiction’ New York Times

TRANSLATED BY MICHAEL GLENNY, INTRODUCED BY WILL SELF

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This book is absorbing, brilliant slapstick, and looks deep in to the heart of fantasy and longing

Review quote:
Stunning, superb…Bulgakov is one of the greatest Russian writers, perhaps the greatest

Biographical note:
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 – 1940) was born and educated in Kiev where he graduated as a doctor in 1916. He rapidly abandoned medicine to write some of the greatest Russian literature of this century. After a lifetime at odds with the stultifying Soviet regime, he died impoverished and blind in 1940, shortly after completing his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita. None of his major fiction was published during his lifetime.

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”A masterpiece – a classic of twentieth-century fiction” New York Times