The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov #literature ISBN: 9780008761455

ISBN: 9780008761455

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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov #literature ISBN: 9780008761455Written in secret during the darkest days of Stalin's reign, The Master and Margarita became an overnight literary phenomenon when it was finally published it, signalling artistic freedom for Russians everywhere. Bulgakov's carnivalesque satire of Soviet life describes how the Devil, trailing fire and chaos in his wake, weaves himself out of the shadows and into Moscow one Spring afternoon. Brimming with magic and incident, it is full of imaginary,