![]() ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. Cover and unclipped Dust Jacket (encased in protective mylar) are clean and bright, with sharp corners and joints, straight heads, tails, spine / backstrip, hinges and edges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and artwork. Book is straight, square, tightly and evenly bound and free of gutter creasing, markings and blemishes. 1st Printing of the 1995 Ardis 1st Edition thus, translated, with note, by Diana Burgin and Kathering Tiernan O'Connor, with annotations (commentary) and afterword "Bulgakov the Magician" by Ellenda Proffer. Bound in blocked cloth Set in Joanna 400 pages 13 colour illustrations Plain slipcase 9½? x 6¼?. Historian and Russian history expert Orlando Figes delves deep into the historical context of the novel and its barely concealed attacks on the Soviet Union in an introduction written for the edition. This sumptuous edition showcases Peter Suart?s specially commissioned illustrations, which explore the philosophical and fantasy themes of the narrative, while his stunning binding design features Azazello, Koroviev and Behemoth in antagonistic poses. One of Folio?s most requested titles, the novel has also been a source of inspiration for writers and musicians, featuring in David Bowie?s Top 100 Books and inspiring Mick Jagger?s lyrics for ?Sympathy for the Devil?. Its subversive message, dark humour and lyrical force combined to make it a beacon of optimism and freedom throughout Russia and the world. Smuggled past the censors in 1967, and published more than 25 years after Mikhail Bulgakov?s death, The Master and Margarita was an instant success. The Devil has arrived in Moscow and, along with his demons and a large black cat, he carves a trail of chaos and destruction through Soviet society. First edition, second printing - new and unread Illustrated by Peter Suart Introduced by Orlando Figes Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky One of the great masterpieces of the 20th century, Mikhail Bulgakov?s The Master and Margarita is beautifully crafted as a unique Folio edition with illustrations by Peter Suart and an introduction by Orlando Figes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. As death and destruction spread through the city like wildfire, condemning Moscow's cultural elite to prison cells and body bags. If you enjoyed The Master and Margarita, you might like Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, also available in Penguin Classics.'One of the great novels of the 20th century, a scary, darkly comic allegory'Daily Telegraph In Soviet Moscow, God is dead, but the devil - to say nothing of his retinue of demons, from a loudmouthed, gun-toting tomcat, to the fanged fallen angel Koroviev - is very much alive. His later works treated the subject of the artist and the tyrant under the guise of historical characters, but The Master and Margarita is generally considered his masterpiece. ![]() He wrote about his experiences as a doctor in his early works Notes of a Young Country Doctor. This edition also contains a list of further reading and a note on the text.After finishing high school, Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) entered the Medical School of Kiev University, graduating in 1916. Written in secret during the darkest days of Stalin's reign and circulated in samizdat form for decades, when The Master and the Margarita was finally published it became an overnight literary phenomenon, signalling artistic freedom for Russians everywhere.This luminous translation from the complete and unabridged Russian text is accompanied by an introduction by Richard Pevear exploring the extraordinary circumstances of the novel's composition and publication, and how Bulgakov drew on carnivalesque folk traditions to create his ironic subversion of Soviet propaganda. As death and destruction spread through the city like wildfire, condemning Moscow's cultural elite to prison cells and body bags, only a madman, the Master, and Margarita, his beautiful, courageous lover, can hope to end the chaos. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the acclaimed translators of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.In Soviet Moscow, God is dead, but the devil - to say nothing of his retinue of demons, from a loudmouthed, gun-toting tomcat, to the fanged fallen angel Koroviev - is very much alive. ![]() Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita is a fiercely satirical fantasy that remained unpublished in its author's home country for over thirty years.
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