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A "soaring, dazzling novel" (The New York Times), Mirra Ginsburg's 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... 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Russian fiction, Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita was written during Stalin's regime and could not be published until many years after its author's death.

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

There is no work comparable to The Master and Margarita. One spring afternoon, the Devil steps out of the shadows towards Moscow, dragging fire and chaos with him. Bulgakov's fantastic, funny and devastating satire of Soviet life is combined into two distinct but intertwined... Read Full Overview

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

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.

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

Introduction by Simon Franklin; Translation by Michael Glenny "From the Hardcover edition."

The Master and Margarita is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written between 1928 and 1940, but unpublished in book form until 1967.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

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

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 .