The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (English) Paperback Book

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A fully annotated translation of the most complete text of Bulgakov's exuberant comic masterpiece.

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A literary sensation from its first publication, The Master and Margarita has become an astonishing phenomenon in Russia and has been translated into more than twenty languages, and made into plays and films. Mikhail Bulgakov's novel is now considered one of the seminal works of twentieth-century Russian literature.In this imaginative extravaganza the Devil, disguised as a magician, descends upon Moscow in the 1930s with his riotous band, which includes a talking cat and an expert assassin. Together they succeed in comically befuddling a population which denies the Devil's existence, even as it is confronted with the diabolic results of a magic act gone wrong. This visit to the world capital of atheism has several aims, one of which concerns the fate of the Master, a writer who has written a novel about Pontius Pilate, and is now in a mental hospital.By turns acidly satiric, fantastic and ironically philosophical, this work constantly surprises and entertains, as the action switches back and forth between the Moscow of the 1930s and first-century Jerusalem. The commentary and afterword provide new insight into the mysterious subtexts of the novel, and here The Master and Margarita is revealed in all its complexity.

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Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that In this imaginative extravaganza the devil, disguised as a magician, descends upon Moscow, along with a talking cat and an expert assassin. This riotous band succeed in fooling an entire population of people who persistently deny the devil's existence, even as they are confronted with the diabolic results of a magic act gone wrong. The devil's project soon becomes involved with The Master, a man who has turned his back on his former life and sought sanctuary in a lunatic asylum, and his former lover, Margarita. A literary sensation from its first publication, The Master and Margarita has been translated into more than twenty languages. Mikhail Bulgakov's novel is now considered one of the seminal works of twentieth-century Russian literature. By turns acidly satiric, fantastic and ironically philosophical, this story constantly surprises and entertains. 'Hilarious, mysterious . . . A great work' Chicago Tribune 'Bulgakov is one of the greatest Russian writers, perhaps the greatest' Independent

Author Biography

Mikhail Bulgakov was a novelist and playwright. His best known work, The Master and Margarita, has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century.

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Funny and frightening * London Review of Books *Incandescent . . . one of those novels that, even in translation, make you feel that not one word could have been written differently . . . it has too many achievements to list, but the way it keeps faith in love and art even in moments of unspeakable humiliation and cruelty must be the greatest * New York Times *

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A fully annotated translation of the most complete text of Bulgakov's exuberant comic masterpiece.

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Funny and frightening

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A fully annotated translation of the most complete text of Bulgakov's exuberant comic masterpiece.

Details ISBN1509823298 Author Orlando Figes Pages 384 Series Picador Classic Language English Year 2019 ISBN-10 1509823298 ISBN-13 9781509823291 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-03-07 Publisher Pan Macmillan Audience Age 18 Imprint Picador Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Russian DEWEY 891.7342 Translator Katherine Tiernan O'Connor UK Release Date 2019-03-07 Audience General AU Release Date 2019-03-11 NZ Release Date 2019-03-11 We've got this

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