Hardcover, 496 pages
English language
Published Sept. 12, 2019 by Pan Macmillan.
A literary sensation from its first publication, The Master and Margarita is considered a masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian literature.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O’Connor, and features an introduction by Orlando Figes.
In Mikhail Bulgakov's imaginative extravaganza, Satan, disguised as a magician, descends upon Moscow in the 1930s with his riotous band, which includes a talking cat and an expert assassin. This visit has several aims, one of which concerns the fate of the Master, an author who has written a novel about Pontius Pilate and is now in a mental hospital. By turns satiric, fantastic and ironically philosophical, The Master and Margarita constantly surprises and entertains as the action switches back and …
A literary sensation from its first publication, The Master and Margarita is considered a masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian literature.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O’Connor, and features an introduction by Orlando Figes.
In Mikhail Bulgakov's imaginative extravaganza, Satan, disguised as a magician, descends upon Moscow in the 1930s with his riotous band, which includes a talking cat and an expert assassin. This visit has several aims, one of which concerns the fate of the Master, an author who has written a novel about Pontius Pilate and is now in a mental hospital. By turns satiric, fantastic and ironically philosophical, The Master and Margarita constantly surprises and entertains as the action switches back and forth between twentieth-century Moscow and first-century Jerusalem. (source)
Excellent read - well-constructed, engaging, and unpredictable. The many Russian names could be a bit confusing to track as are some of the elements of 1950's culture that are satirized, but it is still relevant - universal in its themes. First book I've really loved in quite a while.
It's hard in soviet russia. It's harder when the devil shows up.
This book is a delight to read. This novel is similar to Dostoevsky when he is at his best: writing with an undercurrent of frenzied genius. It's absurd and philosophical all at once.
