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The Master And Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:2nd Mar '23

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Mikhail Bulgakov's devilish salute to artistic freedom, now in a beautiful clothbound edition

'Bulgakov is one of the greatest Russian writers, perhaps the greatest' Independent

Written in secret during the darkest days of Stalin's reign, The Master and Margarita became an overnight literary phenomenon when it was finally published it, signalling artistic freedom for Russians everywhere. Bulgakov's carnivalesque satire of Soviet life describes how the Devil, trailing fire and chaos in his wake, weaves himself out of the shadows and into Moscow one Spring afternoon. Brimming with magic and incident, it is full of imaginary, historical, terrifying and wonderful characters, from witches, poets and Biblical tyrants to the beautiful, courageous Margarita, who will do anything to save the imprisoned writer she loves.

Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky with an Introduction by Richard Pevear

ISBN: 9780241552674

Dimensions: 205mm x 135mm x 36mm

Weight: 551g

432 pages