The Master and Margarita av Mikhail Bulgakov

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<P><B>“A soaring, dazzling novel” (<I>New York Times</I>), the acclaimed, bestselling translation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s masterwork, an undisputed classic of Russian and world literature.</B><BR/><BR/> An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, <I>The Master and Margarita</I> 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 The novel’s vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author’s lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s.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.<BR/><BR/> 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