Mikhail Bulgakov's devilish salute to artistic freedom now in a beautiful clothbound edition
'Bulgakov is one of the greatest Russian writers perhaps the greatest' Independent Written
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 historical
terrifying and wonderful characters from witches poets and Biblical tyrants to the beautiful
courageous Margarita who will do anything to save the imprisoned writer she loves.
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky with an Introduction by Richard Pevear
