Banned for 27 years and initially published in a heavily censored edition, The Master and Margarita is probably the most important Russian novel of the 20th century. Written as a satire of Stalin's suffocating bureaucracy, the book has inspired Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, The Rolling Stones' song Sympathy for the Devil and the work of many other international artists, writers and musicians.
The acclaimed, bestselling translation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s masterwork, an undisputed classic of Russian and world literature An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel’s vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author’s lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech. Now The Overlook Press is reissuing this acclaimed translation in an all-new package. One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing to literally go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances splendidly emerge in Diana Burgin’s and Katherine Tiernan O’Connor's superb English translation, with an afterword and extensive commentary by Ellendea Proffer.
With an introduction by the writer and critic Viv Groskop.In this imaginative extravaganza the devil, disguised as a magician, descends upon Moscow, along with a talking cat and an expert assassin. This riotous band succeed in fooling an entire population of people who persistently deny the devil’s existence, even as they are confronted with the diabolic results of a magic act gone wrong. The devil’s project soon becomes involved with The Master, a man who has turned his back on his former life and sought sanctuary in a lunatic asylum, and his former lover, Margarita.A literary sensation from its first publication, The Master and Margarita has been translated into more than twentylanguages. Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel is now considered one of the seminal works of twentieth-century Russian literature. By turns acidly satiric, fantastic and ironically philosophical, this story constantly surprises and entertains.
Sobach'e serdce - odno iz samyh ljubimyh chitateljami proizvedenij Mihaila Bulgakova. Ljuboe proizvedenie Bulgakova - shedevr. Sobach'e serdce ne iskljuchenie. Vas zhdjot polnyj rasskaz o neobyknovennom jeksperimente genial'nogo doktora. Svetilo mirovoj nauki, professor Filipp Filippovich spasaet ot smerti bezdomnogo psa Sharika, chtoby provesti na njom jeksperiment po vyjavleniju funkcij gipofiza. Vopreki ozhidanijam, vyjasnjaetsja: gipofiz dajot ne ozhidaemoe uchjonym omolozhenie, a polnoe ochelovechivanie. V povedenii Sharika vskore projavljajutsja cherty donora, truslivogo p'janicy i huligana Klima Chugunkina. Novaja chelovecheskaja edinica stavit kvartiru professora na ushi, projavljaja samye porochnye storony ljudskoj natury. V to zhe vremja socialisticheskaja dejstvitel'nost' s ohotoj prinimaet Poligrafa Poligrafovicha Sharikova, lish' sposobstvuja ego degradacii i potakaja porochnoj nature. V Sobach'em serdce Mihail Afanas'evich Bulgakov proilljustriroval v personazhah dve storony: vymirajushhij tip v lice obrazovannoj jelity i buntujushhij protiv nejo proletariat. Proizvedenie napolneno glubokoj ironiej i satiroj na novye vejanija, rasprostranjonnye v Rossii nachala dvadcatogo veka. S illjustracijami
A literary sensation from its first publication, The Master and Margarita is considered a masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian literature. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O’Connor, and features an introduction by Orlando Figes.In Mikhail Bulgakov's imaginative extravaganza, Satan, disguised as a magician, descends upon Moscow in the 1930s with his riotous band, which includes a talking cat and an expert assassin. This visit has several aims, one of which concerns the fate of the Master, an author who has written a novel about Pontius Pilate and is now in a mental hospital. By turns satiric, fantastic and ironically philosophical, The Master and Margarita constantly surprises and entertains as the action switches back and forth between twentieth-century Moscow and first-century Jerusalem.
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, voshishhajutsja ili rugajut chitateli, o nem pishut pesni, snimajut fil'my. Master i Margarita - blistatel'nyj shedevr, sozdannyj Mihailom Bulgakovym, zavorazhivajushhaja misticheskaja d'javoliada, obnazhajushhaja vechnye temy ljubvi, bor'by dobra so zlom, smerti i bessmertija. Jeta kniga - na veka, ona ne terjaet svoej privlekatel'nosti; prochtja pervuju frazu: V chas zharkogo vesennego zakata na Patriarshih prudah pojavilis' dvoe grazhdan..., my dobrovol'no, neminuemo i bezvozvratno pogruzhaemsja v mir Mastera, Margarity, Pilata, Volanda, Azazello s Korov'evym i drugih geroev romana. Prekrasnye cvetnye illjustracii
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, voshishhajutsja ili rugajut chitateli, o nem pishut pesni, snimajut fil'my. Master i Margarita - blistatel'nyj shedevr, sozdannyj Mihailom Bulgakovym, zavorazhivajushhaja misticheskaja d'javoliada, obnazhajushhaja vechnye temy ljubvi, bor'by dobra so zlom, smerti i bessmertija. Jeta kniga - na veka, ona ne terjaet svoej privlekatel'nosti; prochtja pervuju frazu: V chas zharkogo vesennego zakata na Patriarshih prudah pojavilis' dvoe grazhdan..., my dobrovol'no, neminuemo i bezvozvratno pogruzhaemsja v mir Mastera, Margarity, Pilata, Volanda, Azazello s Korov'evym i drugih geroev romana. Prekrasnye cvetnye retro-foto illjustracii
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, voshishhajutsja ili rugajut chitateli, o nem pishut pesni, snimajut fil'my. Master i Margarita - blistatel'nyj shedevr, sozdannyj Mihailom Bulgakovym, zavorazhivajushhaja misticheskaja d'javoliada, obnazhajushhaja vechnye temy ljubvi, bor'by dobra so zlom, smerti i bessmertija. Jeta kniga - na veka, ona ne terjaet svoej privlekatel'nosti; prochtja pervuju frazu: V chas zharkogo vesennego zakata na Patriarshih prudah pojavilis' dvoe grazhdan..., my dobrovol'no, neminuemo i bezvozvratno pogruzhaemsja v mir Mastera, Margarity, Pilata, Volanda, Azazello s Korov'evym i drugih geroev romana. Prekrasnye cvetnye illjustracii
