Book cover of The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

ISBN: 9780099540946

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899 den
Pages 448
Published 7.1.2010
Binding Paperback
Publisher Vintage
Dimensions 200 x 128 x 28 mm
Language English
in Bulgakov's allegorical masterpiece of Stalin's regime the devil is making a personal appearance in Moscow.

He is accompanied by various demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat. When he leaves, the asylums are full and the forces of law and order are in disarray. Only the Master, a writer and a man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist the devil's onslaught.

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

'A masterpiece - a classic of twentieth-century fiction' New York Times

TRANSLATED BY MICHAEL GLENNY, INTRODUCED BY WILL SELF