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The Master and Margarita / Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor ; annotations and afterword by Ellendea Proffer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1996.Edition: 1st Vintage International edDescription: 372 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0679760806
  • 9780679760801
Uniform titles:
  • Master i Margarita. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Never Talk To Strangers -- Pontius Pilate -- The Seventh Proof -- The Chase -- The Incident at Griboyedov -- Schizophrenia, as Predicted -- The Evil Apartment -- The Duel Between The Professor and The Poet -- Korovyov's Tricks -- News From Yalta -- Ivan is Split in Two -- Black magic and Its Expose -- Enter The Hero -- Praise Be To The Rooster -- Nikanor Ivanovich's Dream -- The Execution -- An Upsetting Day -- Unlucky Visitors -- Margarita -- Azazello's Cream -- Flight -- By Candlelight -- Satan's Grand Ball -- The Liberation of the Master -- How the Procurator tried to Save Judas of Kerioth -- The Burial -- The End of Apartment No. 50 281 -- The final Adventures of Korovyov and Behemoth -- The Fate of the Master and margarita Is Decided -- Time To Go! Time To Go! -- On Sparrow Hills -- Absolution and Eternal Refuge.
Summary: 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 of 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 go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Bulgakov Mikhail Available Water damage front edges after pg. 319 33111008850873
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The underground masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian fiction, this classic novel was written during Stalin's regime and could not be published until many years after its author's death.

When the devil arrives in 1930s Moscow, consorting with a retinue of odd associates--including a talking black cat, an assassin, and a beautiful naked witch--his antics wreak havoc among the literary elite of the world capital of atheism. Meanwhile, the Master, author of an unpublished novel about Jesus and Pontius Pilate, languishes in despair in a pyschiatric hospital, while his devoted lover, Margarita, decides to sell her soul to save him. As Bulgakov's dazzlingly exuberant narrative weaves back and forth between Moscow and ancient Jerusalem, studded with scenes ranging from a giddy Satanic ball to the murder of Judas in Gethsemane, Margarita's enduring love for the Master joins the strands of plot across space and time.

Originally published in hardcover: Dana Point, Calif. : Ardis, 1995.

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 of 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 go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.

Includes bibliographical references.

Never Talk To Strangers -- Pontius Pilate -- The Seventh Proof -- The Chase -- The Incident at Griboyedov -- Schizophrenia, as Predicted -- The Evil Apartment -- The Duel Between The Professor and The Poet -- Korovyov's Tricks -- News From Yalta -- Ivan is Split in Two -- Black magic and Its Expose -- Enter The Hero -- Praise Be To The Rooster -- Nikanor Ivanovich's Dream -- The Execution -- An Upsetting Day -- Unlucky Visitors -- Margarita -- Azazello's Cream -- Flight -- By Candlelight -- Satan's Grand Ball -- The Liberation of the Master -- How the Procurator tried to Save Judas of Kerioth -- The Burial -- The End of Apartment No. 50 281 -- The final Adventures of Korovyov and Behemoth -- The Fate of the Master and margarita Is Decided -- Time To Go! Time To Go! -- On Sparrow Hills -- Absolution and Eternal Refuge.

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