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AuthorMikhail Bulgakov
PublisherGrove Press
Publication dateMarch 18, 2016
Print length418 pages
Customer Reviews★★★★ / 1,260 ratings
Satan comes to Soviet Moscow in this critically acclaimed translation of one of the most important and best-loved modern classics in world literature.

The Master and Margarita has been captivating readers around the world ever since its first publication in 1967. Written during Stalin's time in power but suppressed in the Soviet Union for decades, Bulgakov's masterpiece is an ironic parable on power and its corruption, on good and evil, and on human frailty and the strength of love.

In The Master and Margarita, the Devil himself pays a visit to Soviet Moscow. Accompanied by a retinue that includes the fast-talking, vodka-drinking, giant tomcat Behemoth, he sets about creating a whirlwind of chaos that soon involves the beautiful Margarita and her beloved, a distraught writer known only as the Master, and even Jesus Christ and Pontius Pilate. The Master and Margarita combines fable, fantasy, political satire, and slapstick comedy to create a wildly entertaining and unforgettable tale that is commonly considered the greatest novel to come out of the Soviet Union. It appears in this edition in a translation by Mirra Ginsburg that was judged "brilliant" by Publishers Weekly.

Praise for The Master and Margarita

"A wild surrealistic romp. . . . Brilliantly flamboyant and outrageous." —Joyce Carol Oates, The Detroit News

"Fine, funny, imaginative. . . . The Master and Margarita stands squarely in the great Gogolesque tradition of satiric narrative." —Saul Maloff, Newsweek

"A rich, funny, moving and bitter novel. . . . Vast and boisterous entertainment." —The New York Times

"The book is by turns hilarious, mysterious, contemplative and poignant. . . . A great work." —Chicago Tribune

"Funny, devilish, brilliant satire. . . . It's literature of the highest order and . . . it will deliver a full measure of enjoyment and enlightenment." —Publishers Weekly

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08-16-2023 at 04:31 PM.
08-16-2023 at 04:31 PM.
I judge books by the cover… and I'm judging this hard.
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The_Yosh
08-16-2023 at 08:23 PM.
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Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков] was a Russian, later Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel The Master and Margarita, published posthumously, which has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. Mikhail Bulgakov was born on 15 May 1891 in Kiev, Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire, into a Russian family.

It's a phenomenal read.
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portezbie
08-16-2023 at 09:00 PM.
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It really is a masterpiece.

Also, it features a talking cat with a tommy gun.
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BoastfulCable2215
08-17-2023 at 05:38 AM.
08-17-2023 at 05:38 AM.
Not a page goes by without at least 10 footnotes. Very good book, but quite the exhaustive read
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TexasWonder
08-17-2023 at 06:47 AM.

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08-17-2023 at 06:47 AM.
There are a lot of different translations of The Master and Margarita and people will take sides on which is their favorite. I read the Burgin / O'Connor translation [amazon.com] and that's how I fell in love with the book. I gifted my wife this Maria Ginsburg translation and both her and I felt it was more confusing, missed some of the great humor, and was just...void of something important. It's worth noting that the Ginsburg translation is also based on the original censored release, whereas the Burgin / O'Connor translation was done after the full uncensored manuscript was released after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Please please please, skip this Maria Ginsburg translation and go with the Burgin / O'Connor translation.
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sleepybubba
08-17-2023 at 06:55 AM.
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One of my favorite books. So happy I could read and understand it natively. To me, it was on the same level with Atlas Shrugged but much more eloquent and expressive.
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08-20-2023 at 09:11 AM.
08-20-2023 at 09:11 AM.
Quote from TexasWonder :
There are a lot of different translations of The Master and Margarita and people will take sides on which is their favorite. I read the Burgin / O'Connor translation [amazon.com] and that's how I fell in love with the book. I gifted my wife this Maria Ginsburg translation and both her and I felt it was more confusing, missed some of the great humor, and was just...void of something important. It's worth noting that the Ginsburg translation is also based on the original censored release, whereas the Burgin / O'Connor translation was done after the full uncensored manuscript was released after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Please please please, skip this Maria Ginsburg translation and go with the Burgin / O'Connor translation.
I went for the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation [kobo.com], personally.
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