The Master and Margarita
Published on 7. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-09-954094-6 (ISBN)
Description
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
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
Reviews / Votes
This book is absorbing, brilliant slapstick, and looks deep in to the heart of fantasy and longing * Sunday Times * Stunning, superb...Bulgakov is one of the greatest Russian writers, perhaps the greatest * Independent *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
311 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-954094-6 (9780099540946)
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Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita
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04/2009
Vintage
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Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classic Russians Series)
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03/2010
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Vintage Digital
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Persons
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.