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Russian fiction, Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita was written during Stalin's regime and could not be published until many years after its author's death.

When the devil arrives in 1930s Moscow,... Read Full Overview

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

El maestro y Margarita es una novela del autor sovi tico Mija l Bulg kov. Es considerada por muchos una de las novelas m s importantes del siglo XX de la antigua URSS. La novela trata de la interacci n entre el bien y el mal, la inocencia y la culpa, el valor y la cobard a, explorando... Read Full Overview

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

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

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

Probably the best Russian novel of the 20th century.

The Master and Margarita is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written between 1928 and 1940, but unpublished in book form until 1967.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

El maestro y Margarita, que no vio la luz hasta 1966, es sin duda una de las obras maestras de la literatura del siglo XX .