THE MASTER AND MARGARITA
50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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4.3 • 107 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
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 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 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.
This newly revised translation, by the award-winning team of Pevear and Volokhonsky, is made from the complete and unabridged Russian text.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Customer Reviews
A Masterpiece
If you’re looking for a cookie-cutter plot driven story where the author takes you by the hand and guides you to a predictable end, don’t read this book. If you like character driven stories populated with everything from historical figures to pistol carrying, vodka swilling cat with gilded whiskers borne from the imagination of a masterful, sardonic writer, look no further. This is your book. It’s wonderful. There’s a good reason this book inspired The Rolling Stones song “Sympathy for the Devil.”
Odd
Raves for what? A rambling and odd work that, while a product of its time and place, is all over the map and makes little sense. The connections to Stalinist Russia are there, but this book is boring and repetitive. Well written, but very little substance.