(P/B) THE MASTER AND MARGARITA

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Moscow, 1929: a city that has lost its way amid corruption and fear, inhabited by people who have abandoned their morals and forsaken spirituality. But when a mysterious stranger arrives in town with a bizarre entourage that includes a giant talking cat and a fanged assassin, all hell breaks loose. Among those caught up in the strange and inexplicable events that transpire in the capital are the Master, a writer whose life has been destroyed by Soviet repression, and his beloved Margarita. Their adventures reveal a story that began two thousand years ago in ancient Jerusalem - and its resolution will decide their fate.
Considered one of the finest creations of Russian literature in the 20th century, "The Master and Margarita" is an amazing work of fantasy, a love story, a biting satire on Soviet life, and a lot more. Mikhail Bulgakov's last book and crowning achievement, it has been written in secrecy, burned and restored, and banned for decades. Its author, who worked on it until his final days, never saw it in print. This new translation faithfully reproduces the style and idiomatic flow of the text, so that English-speaking audiences may fully enjoy Bulgakov's masterpiece. (From the publisher)

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FIVE-MINUTE PRIMER on Bulgakov's Russia
NOTE ON THE TEXT
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA
Part One
1 Never Talk to Strangers
2 Pontius Pilate
3 The Seventh Proof
4 The Chase
5 The Incident at Griboyedov
6 Schizophrenia, as Described
7 A Fishy Apartment
8 The Duel of the Professor and the Poet
9 Koroviev's Capers
10 News from Yalta
11 A Rift in Ivan
12 Black Magic and its Exposure
13 Enter the Hero
14 Glory to the Rooster
15 Nikanor Ivanovich's Dream
16 The Execution
17 A Troublesome Day
18 Unfortunate Visitors
Part Two
19 Margarita
20 Azazello's Cream
21 The Flight
22 By Candlelight
23 Satan's Grand Ball
24 The Extraction of the Master
25 How the Procurator Tried to Save Judas of Kiriath
26 The Burial
27 The End of Apartment #50
28 The Final Adventures of Koroviev and Behemoth
29 The Fate of the Master and Margarita is Decided
30 It's Time! It's Time!
31 On Sparrow Hills
32: Forgiveness and Eternal Refuge
Epilogue
EXTENDED COMMENTARY
MISSING PASSAGES
NOTES
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE