TY - BOOK AU - Bulgakov,Mikhail AU - Pevear,Richard AU - Volokhonsky,Larissa AU - Fishman,Boris TI - The Master and Margarita SN - 9780143108276 AV - PG3476.B78 M313 2016 U1 - 891.73 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Books KW - localuoh KW - Russian fictions - Collections KW - Novelas rusas N1 - Foreword by Boris Fishman ; introduction by Richard Pevear; Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-412) N2 - Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. One spring afternoon, the Devil, trailing fire and chaos in his wake, weaves himself out of the shadows and into Moscow. Mikhail Bulgakov’s fantastical, funny, and devastating satire of Soviet life combines two distinct yet interwoven parts: one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem. Each part is brimming with historical, imaginary, frightful, and wonderful characters. Written during the darkest days of Stalin’s reign, and finally published in 1966 and 1967, The Master and Margarita became a literary phenomenon, signaling artistic and spiritual freedom for Russians everywhere ER -