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Russia's literary world is shaken to its foundations when a mysterious gentleman - a professor of black magic - arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a bizarre retinue of servants. It soon becomes clear that he is the Devil himself, come to wreak havoc among the cultural elite of... Read Full Overview

The underground masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian fiction, Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita was written during Stalin's regime and could not be published until many years after its author's death.

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A masterful translation of one of the great novels of the 20th century

Bulgakov paints an excellent picture of Stalin's regime in this allegorical masterpiece.

Predstavljat' chitateljam roman Bulgakova "Master i Margarita" net neobhodimosti.Ego nazyvajut "shedevrom mirovoj literatury", "samym zagadochnym romanom 20-go veka","velikim", dazhe - "zakatnym" i prochee, prochee... Ego issledujut filologi, voshishhajutsjaili rugajut chitateli,... Read Full Overview

Probably the best Russian novel of the 20th century.

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作为俄罗斯白银时代的代表作家，魔幻现实主义鼻祖，布尔加科夫的一生都在与现实抗争，遭遇了不公正的对待，为何会有如此艰难的命运？《大师和玛格丽特》又承载了他怎样的情感？《大师和玛格丽特》从两个层面展开叙事，一个是现实的莫斯科世界，一个是千年前的耶路撒冷。时空交错，虚实难辨。作者对他亲历的那一时代的积弊是有切肤之痛的。他用一支饱蘸辛酸和辛辣的笔，带着深邃的哲理思考，引领我们重新审视那一段历史，使我们从中受到教益。他为正义张目，鞭挞腐恶，歌颂真爱，并把一种奇幻诡丽的景观与浓郁凄绝的诗情结合起来飨人以艺术之美。

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作家布尔加科夫的绝笔和集大成之作长篇小说《大师与玛格丽特》构思于1928年，几番修订后最终定稿于1940年。小说虽有大量删节，但它在1966年末的出现可谓石破天惊，受到数代读者的欣赏和崇拜。小说由两部分三十二章和尾声组成，沿着三条线索展开叙事，即本丢-彼拉多和流浪哲人耶舒阿的神话、魔鬼沃兰德及其随从在莫斯科的游历以及大师与玛格丽特的爱情故事。在一系列故事和故事中的故事里，可以从中分辨出文学的诸多体裁与样式：神话、新福音书、爱情故事、人物传奇、哲理讽喻和魔幻小说等。《大师与玛格丽特》被公认是20世纪俄罗斯最伟大的小说之一，同时被公认为20世纪魔幻现实主义的代表作品之一，极具阅读价值和艺术之美。

作者简介

二十世纪上半叶的一位俄罗斯小说家、剧作家。自幼喜爱文学、音乐、戏剧，深受果戈理、歌德等的影响。

译者简介：

苏玲，1963年出生，博士。目前供职于中国社会科学院外文所，任《外国文学动态研究》杂志主编。曾有《二十世纪俄罗斯戏剧概论》《传统的回声》《普希金戏剧评论集》《森林报》等著译成果，并主编了《俄罗斯当代戏剧集》（五卷本）等。

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

The Master and Margarita is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written between 1928 and 1940, but unpublished in book form until 1967. The story concerns a visit by the devil to the fervently atheistic Soviet Union. Many critics consider it to be one of the best novels of the 20th... Read Full Overview