{"product_id":"the-master-and-margarita-novel-mikhail-bulgakov-9781419756504","title":"The Master and Margarita: A Novel | Mikhail Bulgakov","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the acclaimed, bestselling translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's masterwork, an undisputed classic of Russian and world literature. \"A soaring, dazzling novel.\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, \u003ci\u003eThe Master and Margarita\u003c\/i\u003e is an audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate and is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition's superb English translation by Diana Burgin and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's, along with an afterword and extensive commentary by Ellendea Proffer Teasley, heighten the pleasure of exploring this classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne 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 for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut 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 literally go to hell for him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51007532302651,"sku":"1419756508","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/13332573482693.jpg?v=1772486790","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/the-master-and-margarita-novel-mikhail-bulgakov-9781419756504","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}