The Master And Margarita
Composed in secret during the most oppressive years of Stalin's rule, this novel arrived on the literary scene like a thunderclap when it was finally published, becoming a symbol of artistic liberation for Russian readers everywhere. Bulgakov takes Soviet life apart with a gleefully subversive wit, conjuring a story in which the Devil himself saunters into Moscow on a spring afternoon, bringing disorder and dark spectacle with him. It's audacious, strange, and utterly impossible to put down. The cast alone is worth the price of admission: witches and poets rub shoulders with Biblical tyrants, and at the heart of it all stands Margarita, beautiful and fiercely determined, willing to sacrifice everything for the imprisoned writer she loves. The novel swings between ancient Jerusalem and modern Moscow with a confidence that feels almost supernatural. Translated with great care and sensitivity by the celebrated duo Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, and introduced by Pevear himself, this edition does full justice to Bulgakov's wild, visionary prose. The Independent once called him perhaps the greatest Russian writer of all, and after reading this, it's genuinely hard to argue with that.
- Author: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Publisher: Penguin
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 978-0140455465
- Pages: 432 pages