![]() Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 - 1940) was born and educated in Kiev where he graduated as a doctor in 1916, but gave up the practice of medicine in 1920 to devote himself to literature. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky with an Introduction by Richard Pevear Read more Details 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. ![]() 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. 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 is one of the greatest Russian writers, perhaps the greatest' Independent Mikhail Bulgakov's devilish salute to artistic freedom, now in a beautiful clothbound edition ![]()
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