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The Master and Margarita - (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by  Mikhail Bulgakov (Paperback) - 1 of 1

The Master and Margarita - (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Mikhail Bulgakov (Paperback)

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  • A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century masterpiece of satire and fantasy, in a newly revised version of the acclaimed Pevear and Volokhonsky translation Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita.
  • About the Author: Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) was a doctor, a novelist, a playwright, a short-story writer, and the assistant director of the Moscow Arts Theater.
  • 448 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Classics
  • Series Name: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

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A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century masterpiece of satire and fantasy, in a newly revised version of the acclaimed Pevear and Volokhonsky translation

Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. One spring afternoon, the Devil, trailing fire and chaos in his wake, weaves himself out of the shadows and into Moscow. Mikhail Bulgakov's fantastical, funny, and devastating satire of Soviet life combines two distinct yet interwoven parts: one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem. Each part is brimming with historical, imaginary, frightful, and wonderful characters. Written during the darkest days of Stalin's reign, and finally published in 1966 and 1967, The Master and Margarita became a literary phenomenon, signaling artistic and spiritual freedom for Russians everywhere.

This newly revised translation, by the award-winning team of Pevear and Volokhonsky, is made from the complete and unabridged Russian text.



Review Quotes




"My favorite novel--it's just the greatest explosion of imagination, craziness, satire, humor, and heart." --Daniel Radcliffe

"From the first page I was immediately beguiled, leading me to my year of reading Bulgakov, drawing me to venture to Moscow to seek out the landmarks in the book, and the author's grave, which is steps away from the grave of Gogol." --Patti Smith, The New York Times Book Review

"Nude vampires, gun-toting talking black cat, and devil as ultimate party starter aside, the miracle of this novel is that every time you read it, it's a different book." --Marlon James, "My 10 Favorite Books," in T: The New York Times Style Magazine

"I read it first as an 18-year-old and, just like a meteor from a distant galaxy, it hit my tender young brain and dug its way deep into its gray material. It has nestled there ever since, radiating with beauty and wonder, irony and horror." --Sjón, Vulture

"One of the truly great Russian novels of [the twentieth] century." --The New York Times Book Review

"By turns hilarious, mysterious, contemplative, and poignant . . . A great work." --Chicago Tribune

"A soaring, dazzling novel; an extraordinary fusion of wildly disparate elements. It is a concerto played simultaneously on the organ, the bagpipes, and a pennywhistle, while someone sets off fireworks between the players' feet." --The New York Times

"Fine, funny, imaginative . . . The Master and Margarita stands squarely in the great Gogolesque tradition of satiric narrative." --Newsweek

"A wild surrealistic romp . . . Brilliantly flamboyant and outrageous." --Joyce Carol Oates

"Beautiful, strange, tender, scarifying, and incandescent . . . One of those novels that, even in translation, make one feel that not one word could have been written differently . . . Margarita has too many achievements to list--for one thing, a plot scudding with action and suspense, not exactly a hallmark of Russian literature. . . . This luminous translation [is] distinguished by not only the stylistic elegance that has become a hallmark of Pevear and Volokhonsky translations but also a supreme ear for the sound and meaning of Soviet life. . . . It's time for The Master and Margarita to rise to its rightful place in the canon of great world literature. . . . As literature, it will live forever." --Boris Fishman, from the Foreword



About the Author



Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) was a doctor, a novelist, a playwright, a short-story writer, and the assistant director of the Moscow Arts Theater. His body of work includes The White Guard, The Fatal Eggs, Heart of a Dog, and his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita, published more than twenty-five years after his death and cited as an inspiration for Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (translators) have translated works by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Gogol, and Pasternak. They were twice awarded the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize, for their translations of Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Pevear, a native of Boston, and Volokhonsky, of St. Petersburg, are married and live in Paris.

Boris Fishman (foreword) is the author of two novels, A Replacement Life, which was one of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2014 and won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and the American Library Association's Sophie Brody Medal, and Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo. His journalism, essays, and criticism have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, the London Review of Books, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications. Fishman has taught at Princeton University and New York University. Born in Minsk, Belarus, he moved to the United States at age nine and now lives in New York.

Christopher Conn Askew (cover illustrator) is a painter and tattoo artist whose illustrations have appeared on the covers of books, albums, and magazines. He lives in Los Angeles.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.3 Inches (H) x 5.7 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.08 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Sub-Genre: Classics
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 448
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback
Author: Mikhail Bulgakov
Language: English
Street Date: May 3, 2016
TCIN: 50242216
UPC: 9780143108276
Item Number (DPCI): 248-04-3507
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Q: Who are the translators of this edition?

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Q: What notable themes are explored in the book?

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  • A: Themes of artistic freedom, love, satire of society, and the juxtaposition of good and evil are central to the novel.

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  • A: The Master and Margarita was written during the oppressive regime of Stalin in the Soviet Union.

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Additional product information and recommendations

3.2 out of 5 stars with 5 reviews
66% would recommend
3 recommendations
2 out of 5 stars
Thumbs down graphic, would not recommend
16 December, 2025Verified purchase

Toilet paper is cut better than the pages of this book

What is this binding???? The pages are cut (or put together?) uneven, like with children's scissors! What's up with the quality of the book? This is really the Toilet Paper style!!! What a spit in the face to Mr. Bulgakov with his timeless classic story, and sheer disrespect to the reader!!! This has nothing to do with the seller, but the publisher should be ashamed!!!
elena
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5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
18 July, 2022Verified purchase

Great book and excelent translation

Great book and excelent translation. If you are looking for an interesting classic this is yoru book.. Enjoy.
mbras
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5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
26 December, 2017Verified purchase

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Good book! Nice picture!
CandyRina
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