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The Master and Margarita
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Master and Margarita
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mikhail Bulgakov
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Introduction by Will Self
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Translated by Michael Glenny
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:464 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780099540946
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| Classifications | Dewey:891.7342 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Vintage Publishing
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| Imprint |
Vintage Classics
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| Publication Date |
7 January 2010 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
'A masterpiece - a classic of twentieth-century fiction' New York Times Bulgakov paints an excellent picture of Stalin's regime in this allegorical masterpiece. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILL SELF The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow 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 man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist the devil's onslaught.
Author Biography
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 - 1940) was born and educated in Kiev where he graduated as a doctor in 1916. He rapidly abandoned medicine to write some of the greatest Russian literature of this century. After a lifetime at odds with the stultifying Soviet regime, he died impoverished and blind in 1940, shortly after completing his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita. None of his major fiction was published during his lifetime.
ReviewsThis book is absorbing, brilliant slapstick, and looks deep in to the heart of fantasy and longing * Sunday Times * Stunning, superb...Bulgakov is one of the greatest Russian writers, perhaps the greatest * Independent *
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