About the Book: The Master And Margarita
A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century masterpiece
of satire and fantasy, in a newly revised version of the acclaimed Pevear and
Volokhonsky translation 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
Bulgakovs 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 brimming with historical, imaginary, frightful, and
wonderful characters. Written during the darkest days of Stalins reign,