The Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is a violently satirical fiction that was unpublished in the country of its author for more than 30 years. The renowned translators of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, have contributed an introduction to this Penguin Classics edition. In Soviet Moscow, the devil is still very much alive, not to mention his entourage of demons, which includes the fanged fallen angel Koroviev and a loudmouthed tomcat armed with a revolver. Only a madman, the Master, and Margarita, his gorgeous, brave lover, have any chance of putting an end to the mayhem as death and destruction spread through the city like wildfire, relegating Moscow’s artistic elite to prison cells and corpse bags.
The Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
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The Master and the Margarita was written in secrecy during the worst of Stalin’s rule and circulated for years in samizdat form. When it was ultimately published, it became an instant literary sensation and symbolized artistic freedom for all Russians. An introduction by Richard Pevear that explains the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the writing and publication of the novel as well as how Bulgakov drew on carnivalesque folk traditions to create his ironic subversion of Soviet propaganda is included with this beautiful translation from the complete and unabridged Russian text. A list of additional readings and a commentary on the text are also included in this edition.
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) enrolled in Kiev University’s Medical School after completing high school and earned his degree there in 1916. In one of his earliest writings, Notes of a Young Country Doctor, he wrote about his experiences as a doctor. His later works used historical figures to explore the relationship between the artist and the ruler, but The Master and Margarita are largely regarded as his best work.
A tale of love, darkness, and the cycle of life and death. There are four stories: the love tale between the Master and Margarita, the odd visitors and Satan who come to Moscow, the story of Moscow life itself, the city, the people, and the story of Yeshua in the old Yershalayim walls. Every one of them has its own distinct flavour, exudes its own air, and blends together to form a book that is grounded in the idea that no work of art can be destroyed.
