The master and Margarita

In an updated version of the Faust story, the devil and his minions pay 1920's Moscow a visit and wreak havoc on the artistic community. Bulgakov's satire was banned in Russia by Stalin, and only published in England 27 years after the author's death.

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Main Author: Bulgakov, Mikhail, 1891-1940
Other Authors: Glenny, Michael
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Russian
Published: New York : Knopf, 1992.
Series:Everyman's library ; #66
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Summary:In an updated version of the Faust story, the devil and his minions pay 1920's Moscow a visit and wreak havoc on the artistic community. Bulgakov's satire was banned in Russia by Stalin, and only published in England 27 years after the author's death.
Physical Description:xxix, 446 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. xx-xxi).
ISBN:0679410465
9780679410461
Author Notes:MIKHAIL BULGAKOV (1891-1940) was born and educated in Kiev where he graduated as a doctor in 1916. He rapidly abandoned medicine to write some of the greatest Russian literature of this century. He died impoverished and blind in 1940 shortly after completing his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita.