The Master and Margarita
Contributors: Michael Karpelson (Translator)
Publisher: Lulu Press
Published: 2006 April 1
Language: eng
Translated from: rus
Translation of: Мастер и Маргарита
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781411683051
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Classic fiction; Fiction - General; Fiction; Literature: Classics; Classics; Fiction / Classics
First sentence: Once upon an unusually hot hour of sunset in spring, two gentlemen appeared at Patriarch's Ponds in Moscow.
Description: Moscow, 1929: a city that has lost its way amid corruption and fear, inhabited by people who have abandoned their morals and forsaken spirituality. But when a mysterious stranger arrives in town with a bizarre entourage that includes a giant talking cat and a fanged assassin, all hell breaks loose. Among those caught up in the strange and inexplicable events that transpire in the capital are the Master, a writer whose life has been destroyed by Soviet repression, and his beloved Margarita. Their adventures reveal a story that began two thousand years ago in ancient Jerusalem - and its resolution will decide their fate.

Considered one of the finest creations of Russian literature in the 20th century, The Master and Margarita is an amazing work of fantasy, a love story, a biting satire on Soviet life, and a lot more. Mikhail BulgakovвЂ™s last book and crowning achievement, it has been written in secrecy, burned and restored, and banned for decades. Its author, who worked on it until his final days, never saw it in print. This new translation faithfully reproduces the style and idiomatic flow of the text, so that the English-speaking audience may fully enjoy BulgakovвЂ™s masterpiece.

Includes annotations and commentary.
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